Movies like Amazing Women by the Sea
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Amazing Women by the Sea (1998)
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Original name: Ihanat naiset rannalla
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the early 1960s, Bella, her husband Kajus and their young son, Thomas, spend seemingly endless holidays together. Next year the arrival of new neighbors, Rosa and Gabe and their two daughters, start changing their lives.
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, serious, realistic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, friends, feminism, family relations, parents and children, couples, strong female presence, gender, couple relations, beach, swimming, jazz, yacht, adultery, summer vacation, swimsuit, swimwear
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
finland
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Most similar movies to Amazing Women by the Sea
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sentimental films with plots about family relations, friends, friendship, couples, parents and children, love and romance and youth mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Amazing Women by the Sea: Guilty Hearts (2006), Colorado Avenue (2007), Mondo (1995), The Outlander (2005), The Rising Place (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching
Plot:
looking for love, infidelity, love and romance, redemption, friendship, haunted by the past, couple relations, couples, bittersweet, friends
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the early 1900s, emigrant Hanna returns from Colorado to Finland. In America she was known as Dollar-Hanna, but in Finland she has to endure the Civil War and live through the prohibition. Hanna's independent spirit will guide her.
Style:
touching, emotional, family saga, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, single parent, love and romance, society, getting home, hopes, mother daughter relationship, old love, generation gap, independent woman, civil war, death of husband ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century
Place:
eastern europe, colorado, finland
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91%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mondo is a homeless young boy, with a big smile, who wanders around Nice looking for food and a place to sleep.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, feel good
Plot:
coming of age, child, boy, gypsy, orphan, family relations, friends, youth, social misfits, society, friendship, village ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
french riviera, italy, france, nice france
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
It is the early 20th century. A stranger arrives in the small, rural community and disrupts the lives of its inhabitants. The man, who refuses to give his name, is dubbed The Outlander. A traveller who disdains conventional behaviour and ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, sentimental, touching, serious
Plot:
friendship, friends, love affair, social relations, fall in love, village, village life, family relations, stranger, rivalry, love and romance, tolerance ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social injustice and world war.
Style:
sentimental, serious, touching, sincere, realistic
Plot:
life is a bitch, fall in love, parents and children, social differences, society, working class, feminism, injustice, interracial relations, friendship, human nature, pregnancy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
virginia, mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two girl friends in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina find their relationship changing as they encounter new arrivals to the town.
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, couple relations, best friends, self discovery, youth, fall in love, small town life, teenage life, teenage love, human nature, gender ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A divorced farmer takes in his troubled teenage daughter for the summer, a summer which changes the lives of the two of them, and their friends and family.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional
Plot:
summer vacation, family relations, farmer, teenage life, estrangement, family problems, youth, friendship, parents and children, elderly, adolescence vs adulthood, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Norway
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman diagnosed with terminal lung cancer gathers her three dearest friends together to make the most of the time she has left.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, gloomy, contemplative
Plot:
friendship, best friends, friends, strong female presence, unfulfillment, terminal illness, family relations, siblings relations
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The feisty aging Hagar Shipley has lived an unconventional life. Her rebellious heart has always ruled and her choices have put her at odds with family and friends. Faced with her own mortality, and desperate to find solace, she goes on the run. In ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
aging, family relations, elderly, on the run, haunted by the past, couple relations, nursing, love and romance, introspection, youth, parents and children, couples ...
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Louise simultaneously discovers that she is pregnant and that her mother is seriously ill. Happiness and guilt, euphoria and sadness, filial love and love, period. She'll need a good nine months to cope with all this.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
parents and children, family problems, couples, family relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, unfulfillment, strong female presence, pregnant woman, bullfighting, female nudity, church ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Films like Between Two Women
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this thoughtful Scandinavian drama, a teenage boy wrestles with his sexuality and learns that most of his deepest fears were unfounded. Sebastian is almost 17 when he figures out that he is a homosexual. Though he lives with wonderful, stable ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, sexual, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, boys love, coming of age, coming out, gay interest, fall in love, gay subtext, couples, family relations, friends ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Netherlands, Ireland, Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Housewife Katalin Munk (Johanna ter Steege) has her world torn apart when her lecturer husband János (Andor Lukáts) arrives home to tell her that he’s leaving her for a younger student of his. Katalin falls into a state of shock and wanders ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental
Plot:
self discovery, life turned upside down, love affair, escape, love and romance, family problems, family relations, couples, breakup, infidelity, parents and children, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
budapest, istanbul turkey, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tess enlists her biological father - a lovable slacker from the wrong side of the tracks - and the charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her come to grips with the death of her little sister.
Style:
captivating, realistic, sincere, serious
Plot:
youth, father daughter relationship, parents and children, family relations, friendship, friend, female protagonist, romantic relationship, friends, relationships, coming of age, loss ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When Laurel signs up for swimming lessons, she becomes best friends with her teacher Susan - until they realize Laurel’s boyfriend and Susan’s husband are the same man.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, gloomy, contemplative
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love triangle, friendship, female bonding, infidelity, fall in love, haunted by the past, family relations, family problems, couples, love and romance, betrayal, double life ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ten years have passed. Nikki's daughter Sarah, now 19 and heading West for college, is at her own spiritual crossroads. To make matters worse, her mother has recently revealed that, nearly a decade ago, she was the dinner guest of the Almighty ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
teenage life, family relations, religions or cults, youth, mysterious character, friendship, parents and children, college, christian propaganda, stranger, discussion, christian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A man takes his young daughter on a cross-country fly-fishing trip following the death of his father and his wife's decision to get a divorce.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, feel good, sentimental ...
Plot:
youth, single parent, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, love and romance, human nature, hopes, parents and children, breakup, family problems, couples, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
suburbs, murder, relationship vs career, family life, social relations, family relations, friends, couples, suburban life, couple relations, parents and children, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Unable to forget her first love, Félicité, a simple and kind maid, devotes herself completely to her new master, Mathilde Aubain. As the passing of time doesn't heal her wounds, she gives love to all those who surround her: Mathilde's ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, emotional
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
servant, friendship, social differences, family relations, hopes, family life, unfulfilled love, friends, power relations, introspection, master and servant, lesbian ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
europe, france, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Serio-comic look at the residents and staff of a Catskill Mountains resort during its final days.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Plot:
hotel, friends, family relations, couples, friendship, americana, small town, love affair, small town life, love and romance, elderly, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 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, touching, emotional, serious, realistic
Plot:
veterinarian, single parent, adoption, couple relations, couples, homecoming, terminal illness, life is a bitch, social relations, parents and children, small town, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Ruža left Serbia, her country, over 30 years ago and lives in Zurich. Her daily life is a string of repetitive moments until, one day, Ana arrives on the scene and upsets Ruža's painstakingly organized world. A subtle friendship develops ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, captivating, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, friends, longing, immigrants, society, job seeking, secret, female nudity, sex scene, female friendship, integration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
serbia, switzerland, europe, sarajevo
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Based on the book by Lily Koppel, this 10 episode limited series tells the story of the women who were key players behind some of the biggest events in American history. As America’s astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, Life ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, psychological
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lucy Honeychurch (Elaine Cassidy, Ghost Squad) and her nervous chaperone embark on a grand tour of Italy. Alongside sweeping landscapes, Lucy encounters a suspect group of characters — socialist Mr. Emerson and his working-class son George, in ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, self discovery, lovers apart, couples, love and romance, fall in love, couple relations, wooing, world war one, holiday, flashback, nude ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jarle Klepp is a 25-year-old student of literature with a passion for Adorno, Proust and grown-up women - and definitely not Tamagochi's, Lady Di and small kids. The news that he is the father of a seven year old girl - and that she will come ...
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realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, family relations, friends, life turned upside down, youth, society, couples, twentysomething life, student life, student
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
norway, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
teenage life, parents and children, opposites attract, family relations, friends, immigrants, love and romance, introspection, youth, single parent, coming of age, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir grup insanın hayata ve birbirlerine duyduğu aşkın ve sevginin hikayesidir.Filmde, doğudan batıya, mekteplisinden köylüsüne, ...
Style:
touching, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east
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38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, family problems, estrangement, hopes, aging, dysfunctional family, love, african american, women, asthma, siblings relations ...
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Place:
usa
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36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Four friends from Calcutta who have very different personalities make a holiday excursion into the country, to a tiny village in the state of Bihar where they set themselves up in a bungalow. A series of minor events, all connected to their ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Film crew arrives in a small town in Nevada desert. Ends up changing the life of a 12-year-old kid and a friend of his, a movie lover.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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