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The Woman Who Drinks (2001)
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The Woman Who Drinks (2001)
Original name: La femme qui boit
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: À la veille de ses derniers instants, une femme se remémore son passé d'alcoolique. Elle revoit toute sa jeunesse dont une cuite qui, à 46 ans, lui a coûté tout ce qu'elle avait. «La solitude, le vieillissement sont des thèmes qui s'imposent à moi, sous une forme ou l'autre. Quant à l'alcoolisme, il me fascine à cause de la révolte qu'il sous-tend, et me révolte par le malheur qu'il crée autour de lui.» (Bernard Émond).
Style: sentimental, serious, realistic, sincere, non-linear, gloomy
Plot: addiction, life is a bitch, fall in love, social differences, alcohol abuse, couples, love affair, infidelity, elderly, aging, crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, loneliness, depression, striptease, drug addiction, love and romance, nudity, love, female nudity, alcoholic, mistress, family relations, memory, humiliation ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: canada, quebec

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sentimental films with plots about couples, love and romance, fall in love, infidelity, unfulfillment, love affair and love mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Woman Who Drinks: Cloud 9 (2008), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), The Law of Enclosures (2000), Mademoiselle Chambon (2009), Alexander the Last (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Cloud 9 (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Style: sincere, atmospheric, realistic, serious, clever ...
Audience: date night
Plot: elderly lovers, couples, elderly, crumbling marriage, breakup, aging, divorce, funeral, old couple, sexual relations, bittersweet, infidelity ...
Place: germany, europe
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100%
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.
Style: sentimental, romantic, intense, touching, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night
Plot: alcoholic, family values, addiction, alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, family in crisis, alcoholism, recovery, love story, tragedy, love, single father ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa, denver colorado, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Law of Enclosures (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of the Gulf War in the Middle East.
Style: psychological, touching, emotional, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot: family relations, elderly, retirement home, family problems, fall in love, couple relations, infidelity, haunted by the past, terminal illness, couples, crumbling marriage, love and romance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: iraq, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops ...
Style: serious, psychological, captivating, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot: family relations, love triangle, love affair, teacher, obsession, fall in love, infidelity, unfulfillment, small town, social differences, family problems, love ...
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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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 ⇓
23%
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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
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23%
The Tiger and the Pussycat (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Comedy-drama about a middle-aged Italian businessman Vittorio Gassman who is married to Eleanor Parker and is innocently introduced one day to a schoolgirl with pigtails named Carolina. Years later, that young schoolgirl has become a vivacious ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, woman with a gun, redheaded woman, mistress, older man younger woman relationship, elderly, love and romance, self discovery, crumbling marriage, couple relations, unfulfillment, human nature ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Dancing at the Harvest Moon (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A betrayed wife, whose husband leaves her after 25 years, returns to the lake where she first fell in love and begins an affair with the son of her first love.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, gloomy
Plot: love affair, teenage life, couples, couple relations, infidelity, lovers reunited, fall in love, bittersweet, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, young love, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Empty Days (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An executive and a dowdy working-class woman, both unemployed, married and parents meet at a supermarket. They become friends but find it hard to accept that they may be in love with each other.
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, gloomy, emotional ...
Plot: infidelity, unemployment, friendship, society, love and romance, fall in love, dishonesty, life is a bitch, friends, couples, love affair, sexual content ...
Time: 90s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Felix and Meira (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young married woman from Montreal's Orthodox Jewish community finds freedom from the strictures of her faith through her relationship with a young man who is mourning the death of his estranged father.
Style: realistic, sentimental, captivating, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot: fall in love, society, unlikely couple, religions or cults, infidelity, love story, social differences, friendship, couples, israeli, religious, lady ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, israel, brooklyn new york city, montreal, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Nuts for Love (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: En 1975, unos meses antes del comienzo de la dictadura militar argentina, Alicia y Marcelo se conocen en un concierto de Sui Géneris. El amor surge inmediatamente entre ellos, pero el retorno del novio de Alicia provoca la separación. En 1982, en ...
Style: touching, serious, sincere, emotional, talky ...
Plot: love affair, lovers reunited, social differences, couples, unfulfilled love, political unrest, destiny, love and romance, state affairs, politics, bittersweet, concert ...
Place: argentina
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21%
Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Zhou Yu, a ceramic artisan in China's rural Northwest, has a deep rapport with Chen Qing, a shy sensitive poet. Taking a long train ride every weekend just to make mad passionate love with him, her longing seems insatiable. Until one day, she ...
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love affair, love triangle, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, fall in love, longing, train travel, infidelity, train, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, librarian ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
A Perfect Stranger (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A television movie based on "A Perfect Stranger," Danielle Steel's novel about an attorney who falls in love with the young wife of a wealthy man who is dying.
Style: serious, realistic, sexual
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love triangle, love affair, infidelity, feeling, bittersweet, dishonesty, fall in love, unfulfillment, opposites attract, love and romance, aging, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 90s
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21%
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: midlife crisis, starting over, infidelity, love triangle, working class, breakup, dysfunctional family, extramarital affair, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, human nature ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, seattle
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21%
Marie-Jo and Her 2 Lovers (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (French: Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Style: emotional, serious, psychological, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: fall in love, family relations, couples, family problems, couple relations, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, infidelity, cheating wife, parents and children, love triangle, polyamory ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: marseille, europe, france
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20%
Getting Married in Buffalo Jump (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Years have passed since Sophie (Wendy Crewson) left the ranch her family calls home to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. The death of her father means that Sophie, now 30, must return to the home she left behind so long ago. Once there, ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: nudity, small town, rodeo, cattle ranch, small town life, infidelity, parents and children, fish out of water, moral dilemma, love and romance, fall in love, hopes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Cole (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A small town youth finds fulfillment and romance in a big city's creative writing course, but feels obliged to sacrifice them when his sister's home life deteriorates in his absence.
Style: sincere, serious, sentimental, touching, multicultural ...
Plot: interracial romance, small town, interracial relations, social differences, follow your dream, fall in love, self discovery, family problems, couples, small town life, dysfunctional family, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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
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19%
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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
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19%
Someone I Loved (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story: One night, Pierre decides to reveal his painful secret to his daughter-in-law, who's just been abandoned by her husband. Pierre's secret is about his secret love to Mathilde, the woman he left to instead follow an easier path in life.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot: unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, love affair, couples, love, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, children, breakup, sexual content, nudity ...
Time: year 2009, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, montreal, hong kong
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19%
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The Falling (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Karis (Nicole Oliver) is a clothing store owner who picks up a handsome music executive, Lars (Christopher Shyer), in a bar and immediately engages him in some very hot sex that leads to an ongoing physical relationship. One morning Lars encounters ...
Style: independent film, experimental, realistic, serious
Audience: date night
Plot: couples, campaign, love and romance, stalking, vengeance, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, obsession, love triangle, infidelity, breakup, true love ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
An Italian Romance (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Giovanni, a married man with a child, meets on a train Maria, a former lover.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: infidelity, love affair, couples, lovers reunited, impossible love, fall in love, relationships, tragic love, betrayal, love interest, male female relationship, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Falling in Love Again (1980)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, she was the most beautiful girl in school, and both had a fondness for bran muffins. They fell in love, got married, moved to Los Angeles, and had two ...
Style: sweet, romantic, melancholic, intense, light ...
Plot: infidelity, fall in love, love story, unlikely friendships, happy ending, friendship, midlife crisis, couple relations, couples, lifestyle, self discovery, love ...
Time: 1940s, year 1980, 70s
Place: usa, bronx new york city, new york
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19%
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A sophisticated, middle-aged grandmother, wed to a New York law professor, falls in love with a down-to-earth Tennessee farmer. Director Guy Green's bittersweet romance, released in 1970, stars Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Fritz Weaver, ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love, professor, sex crime, love triangle, family relations, dysfunctional family, infidelity, couple relations, elderly, unfulfillment, protagonist as suspect, love and romance ...
Time: 60s
Place: tennessee, virginia, new york
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18%
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Above & Beyond (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Cop drama meets romance: This intense thriller is about a police officer who shoots his best friend (who also wears a badge) while on the job. His buddy is permanently paralyzed, and the incident raises eyebrows around the precinct. Was it an ...
Style: sentimental, serious, realistic, emotional, independent film
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love triangle, best friend, forbidden love, love affair, couples, infidelity, disability, dishonesty, police officer, adultery, husband wife relationship, unfaithful wife ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Love on a Pillow (1962)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young girl rescues a man from a suicide attempt. He turns out to be a sociopath, who begins to take over her life, abusing her both verbally and emotionally, yet she can't seem to tear herself away from him.
Style: realistic, sentimental, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot: mental illness, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, love triangle, small town, sexual relations, pain, lust, jazz, couples, dishonesty, fall in love ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, paris france, italy, tuscany
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Happiness (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker.
Style: art house, anthology, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: infidelity, marriage, french countryside, love, summer, adultery, bittersweet, love triangle, cheating, family relations, daily life, new love ...
Time: year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Smashed (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, ...
Style: sincere, depressing, touching, realistic, indie film ...
Plot: addiction, alcoholic, rehabilitation, support group, teacher, alcohol abuse, depression, introspection, irresponsible, recovery, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, touching, emotional ...
Plot: hotel, boarding house, spinster, female nudity, desperation, loneliness, piano, mental disorder, psychopath, aging, betrayal, bittersweet ...
Time: 1950s, year 1987, 50s
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, europe, america, texas ...
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18%
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