Movies like Obsession 1997

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Obsession (1997)
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Obsession (1997)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two men become entangled in a torrid love affair with the same woman. Pierre is Miriam's longtime lover. John is desperately searching for clues about his past when he and Miriam have a fateful encounter in a Berlin train station. The allure of forbidden love becomes irresistible, and an intense love triangle is ignited. Who will Miriam choose? Who will walk away? For two men who desperately adore the same woman and for the woman who loves them equally...there is no easy way out.
Style: controversial, psychological, serious, captivating, realistic
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: 007, niagara falls, obsession, love triangle, sibling relationship, underwater, train, investigation, forbidden love, love and romance, midlife crisis, fall in love, couples, gays and lesbians, self discovery, love affair, impossible love, infidelity, unfulfilled love, dishonesty, obsessive quest, unfulfillment, destructive relationship, riddles and clues, immigrant ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, france, germany, europe, berlin germany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and sexual films with plots about love and romance, unfulfillment, couples, infidelity, love affair, fall in love and love triangle mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Obsession: The Bridge (1999), The Duchess of Langeais (2007), 3 Hearts (2014), Mademoiselle Chambon (2009), Love Songs (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Bridge (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Actor Gerard Depardieu co-directed this drama about a married woman who falls in love with another man. Mina is a movie buff with a husband, Georges, who's out of work, and a 15-year-old son, Tommy. While Mina works part-time as a domestic for ...
Style: realistic, serious, gloomy, emotional, semi autobiographical
Plot: infidelity, fall in love, love triangle, midlife crisis, looking for love, parents and children, love affair, love and romance, couple relations, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, opposites attract ...
Time: year 1999, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe, normandy
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95%
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story: In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched for her. Flash back to their meeting in Paris, he recently ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: obsession, high society, nun, kidnapping, unrequited love, duchess, couple relations, love and romance, unfulfilled love, love affair, social differences, tragic love ...
Time: 19th century, year 2007, victorian era, 1810s, 1820s
Place: paris france, france, africa, spain, europe
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79%
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3 Hearts (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A twist of fate leaves a hapless accountant romantically torn between two sisters.
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot: love triangle, brother in law sister in law relationship, unfulfilled love, wedding ceremony, fall in love, couple relations, love and romance, unfulfillment, siblings relations, bittersweet, sister sister relationship, infidelity ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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 ⇓
70%
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Love Songs (1984)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When Peter, Margaux's American writer husband, leaves Paris in a funk and heads home, she finds herself the single parent of two near teens. She also gets a new assignment at work: to find, sign, and promote new rock singers. She discovers a ...
Style: sexy, realistic, serious, captivating, sexual
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: dancing, age-gap relationship, single parent, infidelity, music band, music, love and romance, lifestyle, gays and lesbians, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, gender ...
Time: 80s
Place: paris france, europe, new york, usa, france
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69%
The Man of My Life (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A man vacationing in the country with his wife and children finds ideas he has of himself unexpectedly challenged in director Zabou Breitman's intimate drama.
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, romantic, sexy ...
Plot: gay, love triangle, moral dilemma, crumbling marriage, couples, midlife crisis, love and romance, unfulfillment, gender, family problems, family relations, summer vacation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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L'ennui (1998)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A philosophy teacher restless with the need to do something with his life meets a young woman suspected of driving an artist to his death. He finds the very simple Cecilia irritating but develops a sexual rapport with her. Obsessed with the need to ...
Style: erotic, psychological, sexy, psycho sexual, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex, obsession, older man younger woman relationship, sex scene, older man younger woman sex, female nudity, teacher, erotica, midlife crisis, rough sex, depression, sexuality ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, france
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61%
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Friends of painter Jean-Baptiste Emmerich gather at a Paris railroad station for a four-hour journey to Limoges, where Emmerich wanted to be buried. The dozen travelers include art historian François and his lover Louis, who develops an interest in ...
Style: erotic, sexy, talky, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: gay, art, lgbt, painting, painter, lgbtq, transvestism, gays and lesbians, transgender, drinking, death, marriage ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, france, europe, egypt, cambodia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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The Captive (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An adaptation of Proust's "La Prisoniere" (book five of "Remembrance of Things Past"). Set in Paris, France, it is a serious tale of a tragic and dysfunctional love.
Style: sexy, psychological, serious, erotic, slow cinema ...
Plot: obsession, sex, love triangle, captive, desire, friendship, lifestyle, voyeurism, losing-it hero, destructive relationship, infidelity, sexual relations ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: paris france, europe, france, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Sentimental Destinies (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 180 min.
Story: In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, gloomy ...
Plot: family business, factory, love affair, social differences, divorce, society, fall in love, crumbling marriage, couples, tragic love, clergy, world war one ...
Time: 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929
Place: switzerland, france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
La séparation (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In Paris, Pierre and Anne have been living together for a couple of years and they have the eighteen months son Loulou, who stays with the nanny Laurence during the day while they work. Their best friends are the couple Victor and Claire, who also ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, sincere
Plot: betrayal, adultery, dysfunctional family, infidelity, unfaithful wife, cuckold, family life, lovers reunited, crumbling marriage, breakup, estrangement, couples ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
A French Woman (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Wed just as war breaks out, Jeanne hardly gets to know her military husband, Louis, before the debacle of 1940. While waiting for his return from a POW camp, Jeanne journeys through countless affairs with Louis' comrades- in-arms. Hoping to ...
Style: realistic, serious, sexual, sentimental, gloomy ...
Plot: adultery, women, occult, world war, military, infidelity, world war two, wedding, cheating wife, dishonesty, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 1930s, year 1940, year 1939 ...
Place: europe, france, germany, paris france, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Made of four short tales, linked by a story filmed by Wim Wenders. Taking place in Ferrara, Portofino, Aix en Provence and Paris, each story, which always a woman as the crux of the story, invites to an inner travel, as Antonioni says "towards ...
Style: erotic, touching, emotional, colorful, atmospheric ...
Plot: infidelity, adultery, love triangle, love, tragedy, love story, nude girl, love and romance, dishonesty, unfulfilled love, love affair, fall in love ...
Place: italy, europe, france, new york, paris france ...
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52%
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Itsi Bitsi (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 1962 is the year when an entire generation lives life as though it was their last day. Young activist Eik Skaløe has his entire life turned upside down when he falls head over heels in love with the beautiful peace activist Iben Nagel Rasmussen, ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, sexy
Plot: love triangle, dysfunctional relationship, love affair, fighting the system, musician's life, ambition, music band, rebellion, drug use, rock, love and romance, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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 ⇓
51%
The Soft Skin (1964)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He meets an air hostess, Nicole. They start a love affair, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stand staying away from her.
Style: black and white, neo noir, depressing, art house, anthology ...
Plot: neglected wife, airport, love, transformation, doomed romance, new love, swing, infidelity, flight attendant, adultery, love at first sight, divorce ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, lisbon portugal, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Strangers (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Six days in the lives of an Israeli living in a kibbutz and a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: unlikely couple, fall in love, love and romance, hopes, life is a bitch, couples, wartime life, friendship, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, dogma, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, paris france, germany ...
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47%
Between Love & Goodbye (2008)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A modern gay drama about falling in and out of love, and the rocky road in between.
Style: realistic, serious, sexy, independent film, sincere ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gender, couples, prostitute, lgbt, love and romance, manipulation, fall in love, human nature, youth, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Last Day (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: At Christmas time, 19 year old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a fearless girl he met during his train ride. While Simon struggles to cope with the growing distance between him and his parents, he starts to examine ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot: gender, love triangle, teenage life, youth, jealousy, lovers reunited, social misfits, love and romance, couples, family relations, family gatherings, unfulfilled love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Quantum Love (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A family man's encounter with a beautiful woman develops into a mutual fascination.
Style: realistic, touching, psychological, serious
Audience: date night
Plot: sex scene, nightclub, love and romance, unfulfillment, divorce, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, love triangle, fall in love, hotel, love, moral dilemma ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: france, london, europe, paris france
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44%
Before I Forget (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A portrait of a 58-year-old man battling his inner demons on the search for self-discovery.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: gay, gay sex, self discovery, couples, unfulfillment, love and romance, lgbt, estrangement, transsexual, aging, life is a bitch, introspection ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Anna Karenina (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Tragic Anna leaves her cold husband for dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia.
Style: serious, emotional, psychological, realistic, epic ...
Plot: infidelity, betrayal, tragic love, love triangle, family relations, tragic hero, tragedy, destructive relationship, fall in love, unsupportive spouse, forbidden love, love affair ...
Time: 19th century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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 ⇓
43%
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Clara and Me (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Antoine has what every young single man could wish: a promising career, true and loyal friends, and an apartment of his own. However, he's a lonely man, until he meets Clara, a beautiful and exciting woman, and deeply falls in love with her. ...
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, serious, sexy ...
Plot: couples, introspection, self discovery, fall in love, love affair, parents and children, midlife crisis, lovers reunited, orgasm, family relations, thirtysomething life, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ⇓
40%
The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A famous Danish artist and fashion photographer who leads an eventful life and is always travelling, meets a man who immediately awakens strong feelings in her. This unexpected encounter sparks a decisive turning point in her life and they begin a ...
Style: captivating, realistic, stylized, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot: cheating wife, unfaithful wife, photographer, obsession, dangerous attraction, couples, destructive relationship, love affair, unfulfillment, photograph, betrayal, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, paris france, eastern europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Oysters at Nam Kee's (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Young Dutch dropout, Berry, falls in love with slightly older nightclub dancer and ex-nude model Thera and gives up his social live with his dodgy comrades and fine family to make a three-stop 'world tour' together. Suddenly Thera ODs ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, entertaining, erotic
Audience: teens
Plot: drug abuse, fall in love, love and romance, obsession, unfulfilled love, couples, dangerous attraction, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, love, older woman younger man relationship, unrequited love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Sunday (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: diner, self discovery, hobo, tramp, homeless, couple relations, unfulfillment, friendship, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, society ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Faithless (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Norway
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne moves in with her lover. But she is tormented by ...
Style: psychological, sincere, atmospheric, lyrical, contemplative ...
Plot: adultery, infidelity, betrayal, fall in love, parenthood, custody, love affair, family problems, crumbling marriage, destructive relationship, rivalry, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: paris france, denmark, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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