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The Unidentified (2008)
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The Unidentified (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: At once gritty and whimsical, The Unidentified follow Estlin, a passionate young journalist scraping by in New York City. As his frustration with his entry-level job at a local newspaper peaks, his disgruntled best friend, Brooke, leaves Brooklyn for Ohio. Set adrift, Estlin falls for Sophie, an elusive artist with an optimistic view on life. But as their romance blossoms, his high ideals and dogged pursuit of truth come into conflict with her tightly guarded secrets. The film is an exploration of idealism and apathy in today's youth culture and the vestiges of the social consciousness of the 1960s. In a climactic scene shot at a real anti-war protest in Washington D.C., Estlin must come to terms with what has been lost, what still remains and where he must go from here.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, political, independent film
Plot: politics, journalism, society, hopes, college, love and romance, fall in love, best friend, flapper, love, breakup, idealism, isolation, optimism, art, female nudity, subway, male nudity, drunkenness, indifference, coming of age, impotence, protest, speakeasy, art gallery ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, september 11 2001, 2000s
Place: new york, washington d.c., ohio, manhattan new york city

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The Painting (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Ben Vereen (Roots), Stacey Dash (Renaissance Man) and Debbie Allen (Fame) in the period drama Soldier of Change, which resurrects the turmoil and ...
Style: serious, realistic, romantic, touching, independent film
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Time: 60s
Place: vietnam, asia
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First Love (1977)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Golden-haired college soccer player William Katt falls hard for campus beauty Susan Dey, despite the fact that she's the mistress of an older, married attorney.
Style: realistic, serious, sexual, touching
Plot: love, love triangle, college, male nudity, bare breasts, lust, lawyer, soccer, mistress, nudity, college life, school ...
Time: 50s
Place: oregon
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So Young (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In the brink of the 90s, 18-year-old Zheng Wei steps into her university life with a hopeful heart for love. She forms a great friendship with her roommates and united as a group, they embark on their university life together. Wei meets Chen ...
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, touching
Plot: fall in love, lifestyle, friendship, love and romance, adolescence vs adulthood, university, coming of age, youth, breakup, melancholy, high school, asian ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: indiana, asia, china
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78%
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Listen to Me (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: It was the best time of their lives. A kid from Oklahoma. An immigrant's daughter. A senator's son, a society girl, and a college professor with a dream. They had one thing in common...the will to win. A group of college debaters learn ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: college, friendship, disability, teenager, love, politics, opposites attract, college life, couples, power relations, social relations, fall in love ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: washington d.c., usa
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Don't Let Me Drown (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.
Style: realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: coming of age, immigrant, family relations, youth, society, parents and children, teenager, post september 11 2001, love, opposites attract, african american, young love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Safe Harbour (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Melissa Gilbert stars in this film adaptation of Danielle Steel's bestselling novel, in which a young girl named Pip and her mother meet an artist on the beach in Safe Harbour, where they have retreated in order to recover from the devastating ...
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: love affair, haunted by the past, starting over, couples, love and romance, hopes, fall in love, lifestyle, death of husband, love, serial killer, embezzlement ...
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Under the Protection of Ka'Bah (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Growing up in West Sumatra in the 1920s, Hamid and Zainab comes from families from very different social classes. Hamid is poor, while Zainab is wealthy. Hamid receives a scholarship from Zainab’s father and Hamid’s mother works for Zainab’s ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, indonesian
Plot: forbidden love, fall in love, social differences, rich and poor, love and romance, youth, society, parents and children, teenage life, religions or cults, islam, love ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: indonesia
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Costas (1979)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Drama directed by Paul Cox.
Style: independent film, contemplative, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: couples, taxi, love affair, journalism, misfit, love and romance, politics, society, forbidden love, immigrant, political prisoner, immigration ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: australia, greece
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55%
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The Strawberry Statement (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Simon (Bruce Davison), a student at a fictional university in San Francisco (based on San Francisco State College) is indifferent to the student protests around him, until walking in on a naked woman (Kristina Holland) in his dormitory ...
Style: political, social, serious, realistic
Plot: hippie, counterculture, vietnam war, chaos, university, marxist, anarchist, liberal, underground, feminism, anarchy, commune ...
Time: year 1970, 60s
Place: san francisco
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Civil Love (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rachel is a widow during the Civil War who holds the South responsible for her husband's death. When a wounded enemy soldier takes refuge in her barn, Rachel reluctantly helps him. As she gets to know him more, she realizes she must protect him ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, captivating, independent film
Plot: american civil war, family relations, fall in love, wartime life, hopes, soldier, life is a bitch, love and romance, hapless soldier, parents and children, farm, strong female presence ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: usa
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Peter and Vandy (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, mind bending ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: sexual content, couples, fall in love, love affair, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, hopeless romantic, breakup, unfulfillment, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Told from the male perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
Style: serious, psychological, sincere, touching, teen ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: life turned upside down, couple relations, love affair, crumbling marriage, love and romance, career change, breakup, couples, love, art, intimacy, suicide attempt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, captivating, touching
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 131 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
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Audience: teens
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A coming-of-age tale charting the first loves, lusts and obsessions of friends on vacation at the end of the 1970s.
Style: captivating, atmospheric, realistic, serious, sincere ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 47 min.
Story: Emigration to Israel challenges Sasha's Jewish identity. Will love help him to go over this crisis?
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Plot: fall in love, moral dilemma, love and romance, society, family relations, religions or cults, parents and children, immigrant, misfit, emigration, engagement, identity ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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The F Word (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A frustrated radio DJ takes to the streets of Manhattan during the Republican National Convention after the FCC has slapped his station with $1 million in indecency fines, and popular radio personality Joe Pace (Josh Hamilton) isn't going down ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, political
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Time: 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
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Style: black and white, independent film, semi serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, independent film ...
Audience: teens
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38%
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Partition (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, 38 year old Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sincere ...
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The Old Garden (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Activist Hyun-woo is released from prison after a 17-year stint. Journeying back to the village where he spent some time as a fugitive he recalls the time spent with Yoon-hee, a woman who gave him shelter and companionship.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere
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37%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Love Is Blind (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Estonia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 30-year old Kertu has lived under her father's power her whole life. Because of her gentle nature, she is thought by locals to be a little simple-minded. The young woman makes her first timid attempt to change something in her life - she send a ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, touching, captivating
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Time: 21st century
Place: estonia
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