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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: China, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, stylized
Plot:
medieval, friendship, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, friends, family relations, couples, relationship vs career, unrequited love, asian history, girlfriend, social problems, tradition, multiple storylines, social issues, female friendship, women, summer, victorian england, female bonding, kickass, best friend, strong female presence, secret, lesbian, fan ...
Time:
19th century, future, victorian era, year 2011
Place:
asia, china
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Most similar movies to Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about friendship, family relations, friends, couples, society, parents and children and love and romance mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres. Some movies like Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: The Assassins (2012), The Ladies Get Their Say (2009), Choker Bali: A Passion Play (2003), The Viceroys (2007), Domestic Life (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the year 198 BC, Cao Cao (Chow Yun Fat), Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, ventured to the east and defeated China's greatest warrior Lu Bu, terrifying every ambitious warlord across the country. Several years later, after taking the Han ...
Style:
serious, epic, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
ancient history, medieval, political conspiracy, wuxia, asian history, head of state, assassination attempt, assassination, state affairs, battles, hidden identity, martial arts ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
east asia, seattle, china, ancient china, asia
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Every Thursday a group of ladies would gather to play cards and discuss their loves, lives and children while their daughters played in the next room. Thirty years later, the daughters meet at a funeral for one of the mothers. Like their mothers, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
female bonding, female friendship, group of friends, girlfriend, sorority, social relations, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, social issues, friends, female protagonist, woman, lifestyle ...
Time:
2000s, 60s
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
A young woman is left to her own devices when her sickly husband dies. Based on the novel by Rabindranath Tagore.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
friendship, against the rules, couples, family relations, dishonesty, love and romance, society, infidelity, bittersweet, indian woman, wedding, best friend ...
Place:
kolkata, india
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90%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, epic, atmospheric, saga ...
Plot:
family relations, politics, political unrest, rivalry, intrigue, revolution, dishonesty, society, family life, palace intrigue, victorian england, power struggle ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
sicily, italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
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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:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
suburbs, murder, relationship vs career, family life, couples, family relations, friends, social relations, couple relations, parents and children, suburban life, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
85%
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, emotional, touching
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
social differences, friendship, family relations, hopes, family life, unfulfilled love, power relations, friends, master and servant, introspection, women, lesbian ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
europe, france, normandy
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as ...
Style:
saga, realistic, costume drama, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, family business, fall in love, workplace, society, parents and children, unfulfillment, relationship vs career, victorian england, rivalry, impossible love, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
germany, europe, northern germany
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Japan, China
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling (the oldest) married a wealthy and ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, stylized, epic, serious ...
Plot:
chinese history, tragic love, family love, politics, family relations, strong female presence, siblings relations, unfulfillment, society, political unrest, love and romance, rich and poor ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
china, beijing china, asia, ancient china
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Algeria, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
During the first euphoric years following independence, two friends, Djaffar and Hamid, are promised a bright future in a free Algeria until one day when betrayal separates them.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
betrayal, life turned upside down, rebellion, dishonesty, rebelliousness, political unrest, social decay, friendship, life is a bitch, society, state affairs, friends ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
algeria, africa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When four best friends try and move forward in their work and personal life, they realize that trying to live their life's dream is more difficult than they imagine -- especially in the high fashion world of Shanghai.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, fashion, relationship vs career, coming of age, ambition, couples, youth, looking for love, best friend, female friendship, fashion magazine, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
shanghai, china
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The fashionable Hye-joo is focused on her career at a brokerage house. She's making a decent living, but her co-workers look down on her. Tae-hee is sick of living under the thumb of her domineering father. She spends her time doing volunteer ...
Style:
lyrical, psychological, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, adulthood, cat, loneliness, self discovery, life is a bitch, couples, parents and children, love and romance, lifestyle, youth, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia, seoul, paris france ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and David develop a close bond, opening his eyes and heart to ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
grief, women, youth, friendship, dysfunctional family, housekeeper, child hero, black, sex crime, adolescence, racism, family relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
jamaica, baltimore, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
66%
269
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in a small Swedish town, the story is centered around three best friends aged 20. Michelle, a photo model, has a drinking problem which leads to a string of one-night-stands, including sex with the hot tempered boyfriend of Anna. She has just ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, gloomy
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, twentysomething life, couple relations, friendship, friends, couples, female friendship, strong female presence, best friend, adolescence vs adulthood, dishonesty, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Through a series of flashbacks, four young chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China, explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult mother/daughter relationship.
Style:
sentimental, touching, thought provoking, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
immigrant, self discovery, hopes, friendship, women, chess, haunted by the past, culture clash, feminist, parents and children, human nature, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, china, bay area, usa, asia ...
Similarity:
62%
752
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
As Mark, Jen, Sylvia, and Jake navigate through their emotionally-arrested states, X/Y reveals the honest and wanton desire we all have to connect with someone and what is at stake when that connection fades.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot:
friends, city life, understanding, friendship, society, family relations, gay, best friend, urban, twentysomething life, friend, sex
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, britain
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Syd is an eccentric bookseller with delusions of grandeur fueled by red wine. He caused a rift 5 years ago between his bohemian housemates and the family next door, but now tries to recruit his 14-year-old neighbor as a collaborator.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, drug, teenage boy, coming of age, death threat, depression, couples, love and romance, love, youth, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
262
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Helen, Rose and Lili have survived the Holocaust and have never seen each other since the war has ended. In 1960, they meet again in Berck, France. They learn to enjoy together simple pleasures in life: nice meals, ballads on the beach, playing in ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
auschwitz, starting over, haunted by the past, friendship, hopes, human spirit, girlfriend, reunited friends, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, post war, lifestyle, age-gap relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 50s, 60s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ourense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, touching, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
repression, confession, family relations, survival, life is a bitch, spanish history, spanish civil war, republican, love and romance, clergy, soldier, society ...
Place:
spain, galicia
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
medieval, orphan, betrayal, disorder, uninhibited rivalry, vengeance, haunted by the past, hidden identity, asian history, murder, ancient, antiquity ...
Time:
6th century
Place:
ancient china, china, asia
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set four years after the first movie, Lin Xiao, Lily, Nan Xiang, and Ruby, confront opportunities and challenges as their school days come to an end.
Style:
sexy, realistic, stylized, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
couples, friendship, ambition, love and romance, best friend, relationship vs career, friends, fashion, youth, business, coming of age, female friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
shanghai, china, asia
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young businessman slips slowly away from his loving family.
Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, family relations, mental illness, businessman, family problems, family in crisis, unfulfillment, supportive spouse, mental disorder, terminal illness, love, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
54%
215
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
A heartwarming urban adventure following straight-laced Leah as she meets an unpredictable stranger and falls back in love … with life.
Style:
independent film, life affirming, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
terminal illness, female friendship, lesbian, lesbian love, friendship, lgbt, self discovery, mortality, heartwarming, personal growth, city, girlfriend ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
serious, captivating, realistic, psychological, period drama
Plot:
nasa, astronaut, relationship vs career, family relations, best friend, ambition, couples, parents and children, strong female presence, space program, real life, women ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s, 50s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, japanese history, sword fight, tragic hero, human spirit, life is a bitch, political unrest, duel, emperor, martial arts, unfulfillment, hopes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
47%
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, realistic, serious, contemplative, gloomy
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
female bonding, friendship, family problems, couples, family relations, infidelity, haunted by the past, fall in love, betrayal, love and romance, swimming, swimmer ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, redemption, friendship, couples, family relations, couple relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, dealing with death, cancer, illness, relationship problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Iris is broke after her divorce and takes a job working as a housekeeper for a wealthy woman named Paula. When Paula and her husband separate, an unlikely friendship blossoms between the women.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lgbt, female bonding, housekeeper, love and romance, lifestyle, fall in love, hopes, human nature, couple relations, society, master and servant, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
45%
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:
sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
injustice, fall in love, life is a bitch, society, interracial relations, social differences, friendship, working class, parents and children, family life, pregnancy, human nature ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
mississippi, usa, virginia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver ...
Style:
costume drama, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
victorian england, orphan, child's point of view, child abuse, street kid, friendship, social decay, danger, society, life is a bitch, youth, injustice ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on a novel by Bernard Schlink (The Reader), The Weekend follows Jens as he leaves prison 18 years after being arrested as an RAF terrorist in Germany. Back with his family, friends, and ex-comrades, including his former lover Inga, Jens’ ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
family relations, haunted by the past, friendship, parents and children, couple relations, life turned upside down, under the surface, dishonesty, betrayal, couples, terrorism, state terrorism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
42%
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