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Not Here to Be Loved (2005)
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Original name: Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jean-Claude Delsart, a 50 years-old bailiff, with his worn-out smile and heart, abandoned a long time ago the idea that life could give him pleasures. Until the day, he dares to push the doors of a tango lesson...
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
tango, dancing, office, love and romance, fall in love, love affair, parent child relationship, parents and children, elderly, older man younger woman relationship, older man younger woman romance, wedding, existentialism, male female relationship, dog, monopoly, clerk, nurse, dementia, secret love, human, family relations, couples, retirement home, eviction ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, humorous and captivating films with plots about love and romance, couples, fall in love, family relations, love affair, parents and children and couple relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Not Here to Be Loved: Bright Days Ahead (2013), Sabah: A Love Story (2005), Olga's Chignon (2002), Mademoiselle Chambon (2009), You Are So Beautiful (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Bright days ahead? Caroline has retired, at last. A new life lies before her: time to take care of her children, her husband, and, most of all, herself. However, she soon comes to realize that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom and ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, crying
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, cheating wife, older woman younger man sex, dentist, secret relationship, extramarital affair, sexual attraction, skinny dipping, sex in car, retirement, against the rules, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man. She's Muslim, he's not. Unbeknownst to her family, she goes on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, islamic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
forbidden love, culture clash, interracial romance, love affair, social differences, couples, family problems, fall in love, society, muslim, male female relationship, family relations ...
Place:
middle east, canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Julien and Emma are brother and sister, living in rural France with their father, who writes children's books. Julien is a gifted pianist but the loss of his mother has sucked the joie de vivre out of him; his best friend Alice knows it ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love affair, fall in love, starting over, love and romance, hopes, teenage life, couples, human nature, family problems, gays and lesbians, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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76%
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, sexual, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
teacher, family relations, love triangle, love affair, fall in love, obsession, infidelity, unfulfillment, family problems, social differences, small town, student ...
Place:
france, europe
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69%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Teresa is a stewardess who lives a perfect life in the midst of his impeccable suits world clean and prepared foods. However the world scares land: men, motherhood, love ... Meanwhile, Julian, a young doctor, must travel to Ushuaia to throw the ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, captivating, serious, touching ...
Plot:
stewardess, love affair, love and romance, hopes, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love story, relationships, love interest, fall in love, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Aymé Pigrenet, a recently widowed farmer, is eager to find a new wife to help him run his farm. Desperate, he seeks the aid of a local matchmaker who suggest that he go to Romania to find a new wife. There he meets Elena.
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
couples, older man younger woman relationship, farm, looking for love, working class, comedy of errors, fish out of water, disorder, mistaken identity, single parent, fall in love, male female relationship ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
romania, europe, france
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When the retired seventy-seven years old hypochondriac widower Fred moves to an apartment in Madrid, his temperamental daughter Cuca has an incident with his next door neighbor, the elder Argentinean Elsa. Later, they meet each other and Elsa ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, captivating, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elderly, elderly lovers, couples, fall in love, starting over, aging, self fulfillment, dying woman, partner, flirting, destiny, old age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When friendship deepens into what veterinarian Keng hopes could become love, he learns that beautiful Fai still harbors feelings for her ex-husband who also happens to be Keng's best friend.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
unfulfillment, friendship, unfulfilled love, family relations, elderly, aging, friends, parents and children, true love, fall in love, couple relations, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, asia
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Singapore
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of three people whose lives are pulled into review and assessment when their paths cross. The initial sparks of what could be a new romance plays off against a couple falling out of love, a student and teacher, a father and son, a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
medieval, dance school, couples, ambition, follow your dream, couple relations, fall in love, family relations, hopes, parents and children, love triangle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
singapore, asia
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order. As he starts increasing her hours and spending more time with her on her days off, Jacques is torn between the pleasure of ...
Style:
sentimental, harsh, semi serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
housekeeper, self discovery, midlife crisis, beach volleyball, father daughter relationship, human nature, love affair, starting over, couple relations, fall in love, police investigation, family drama ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, brittany, tokyo ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The film begins in a flashback from the titular character, Antoine. We are introduced to his fixation with female hairdressers which began at a young age. The film uses flashbacks throughout and there are frequent parallels drawn with the past. We ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sex comedy, epic, anthology ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hairdresser, obsession, sex, seaside, erotica, barber, desire, unrequited love, marriage, male female relationship, melancholy, existentialism ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
france, normandy
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A wedding planner looks to persuade her mother not to marry a man she's only known for a brief period of time, until an unexpected development forces her to re-examine her feelings.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
wedding, christmas, event planner, couples, family relations, fall in love, parents and children, wedding planning, christmas romance, ritual, party, love ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The strain of juggling her responsibilities as wife, mother, and successful paralegal have worn Emma Burke (Virginia Madsen) out. Thus it is that Emma welcomes the opportunity to briefly take leave of her Boston home and head for sunny Hawaii. It is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, romantic drama, sexual ...
Plot:
adultery, fall in love, love triangle, love affair, family relations, couples, parents and children, infidelity, last wish, funeral, love and romance, bare chested male ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii, boston, usa, oceania
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sebastian is very lucky with women, going to parties and getting drunk every night. His mother asks him to change his way of life but he refuses to stop partying and meeting new women. One day, after one night of serious partying he wakes up with a ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
womanizer, wedding, couples, fall in love, couple relations, parents and children, family relations, love story, singleness, battle of the sexes, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Follows a hot-headed woman and her romantic clashes with a charming man.
Style:
touching, sincere, feel good, humorous, light ...
Plot:
relationships, male female relationship, love, fall in love, family relations, love and romance, love affair, youth, female protagonist, couples, parents and children, couple relations ...
Similarity:
50%
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:
touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
lovers reunited, love affair, teenage life, couples, couple relations, fall in love, infidelity, bittersweet, male female relationship, age difference, young love, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Things couldn't be going better for Harry and Grace, a young New York City couple in love, until Grace's mother turns Harry's world upside down.
Style:
humorous, touching, semi serious, tense, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
disorder, couples, fall in love, couple relations, wooing, love and romance, dishonesty, family relations, parents and children, love, male female relationship, graduate student ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharpe, while a top-notch, successful salesman, is much older than Renata. She is swept away by his ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, sad, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
true love, fall in love, age difference, marriage, love, male female relationship, pregnancy, in love, family relations, human nature, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 70s
Place:
massachusetts, boston, caribbean, new england
Similarity:
44%
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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, emotional, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
love affair, infidelity, impossible love, lovers reunited, couples, fall in love, tragic love, relationships, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, betrayal, family relations ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Will is a rising star in New York City architecture, managing a tough project and negotiating to join an important firm. He rarely smiles. His wife Catherine is on the rise as well, as the social engine of his success. They have a son, about eight. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, romantic, captivating
Plot:
father son relationship, divorce, troubled marriage, marital strife, family relations, family problems, couples, introspection, parents and children, family life, estrangement, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Suzie Gold is a twentysomething torn between the nice Jewish boy her family is keen on and the non-Jewish boy she loves.
Style:
realistic, not serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
couples, unrequited love, love and romance, society, fall in love, family relations, parents and children, love triangle, family gatherings, interracial relations, judaism, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, middle east, london
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The South of France. Internationally famous pianist Aurore collapses one night during a performance, over-exhausted from too many concerts. Tired of music, she believes she no longer has anything to offer her public. Then she meets Jean, an ...
Style:
emotional, romantic, captivating, humorous, light ...
Plot:
couple relations, romantic relationship, couples, love and romance, fall in love, love affair, musician's life, life turned upside down, love triangle, love, infidelity, concert ...
Time:
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Place:
france, south of france
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, captivating, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An emotionally troubled teenager gets into a passionate relationship with the older French woman working in his father's house.
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
female nudity, coming of age, love, older woman younger man relationship, sex scene, family relations, unlikely couple, love and romance, fall in love, parent child relationship, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
sex, love, fall in love, family relations, couples, family problems, siblings relations, family life, couple relations, introspection, youth, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Eight people try to end their loneliness by searching for that one person to love, who can make their life complete.
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
fall in love, love affair, friends, wooing, couple relations, couples, looking for love, urban, love and romance, infidelity, birthday, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, east asia, asia, beijing china
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Marguerite loses her wallet, and it's found by Georges, a seemingly happy head of family. As he looks through the wallet and examines the photos of Marguerite, he finds he's fascinated with her and her life, and soon his curiosity about ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
dentist, couples, love and romance, haunted by the past, couple relations, husband wife relationship, love, self discovery, love affair, unfulfillment, family relations, recovery ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Bhupathi's father sends him to live under the guidance of his best friend, Viswanath, and find a job. He gets close to the family and falls in love with Viswanath's daughter, who is already engaged.
Style:
romantic, disturbing, psychological, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
fall in love, wedding, love interest, love triangle, relationship problems, couple relations, family problems, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love story, love and romance, romantic triangle ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Claude Mendelbaum est un informaticien trentenaire, célibataire, timide, hypocondriaque et transparent. Depuis Vicky, sa dernière histoire d'amour, il a du mal à remonter la pente. Son travail dans une grande tour de la Défense, peu propice ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sentimental, touching, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, looking for love, odd couple, obsessive quest, self discovery, love and romance, buddies, power relations, teaching the ways of the world, singleness, womanizer, bride and groom ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Through an Internet service, a Montreal professor arranges for himself a Mexican bride. But both husband and wife, even with their good intentions, are in for a bumpy ride toward marital harmony.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
interracial relations, love triangle, family relations, looking for love, society, human nature, couple relations, love and romance, couples, parents and children, social differences, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
montreal, canada, mexico, latin america, denver colorado
Similarity:
38%
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