Movies like Just Between Friends
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Just Between Friends (1986)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in common than they'd like. When tragedy strikes, their relationship is tested.
Style:
sentimental, clever, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, talky, gloomy
Plot:
friendship, pregnancy, love triangle, friends, feminism, love and romance, singleness, best friends, journalism, couples, infidelity, family problems, looking for love, breakup, terminal illness, lifestyle, gender, crumbling marriage, battle of the sexes, human nature, bittersweet, unfulfillment, dealing with death, destructive relationship, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about couples, unfulfillment, love and romance, family problems, family relations, crumbling marriage and bittersweet mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Just Between Friends: Two Is a Happy Number (1972), Plans for Tomorrow (2010), Guilty Hearts (2006), Six Weeks (1982), Crystal River (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for a time lives with the hope that her husband will come back to her. After uncovering disturbing new ...
Style:
realistic, serious, gloomy, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
marriage, dating, divorce, feminist, cheating, friendship, starting over, support group, twentysomething life, midlife crisis, infidelity, college ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Three stories intertwined which occur in a single day. The day Ines discovers she is pregnant, Antonia decides to abandon her family and Marian realizes she is going to die.
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, introspection, couples, family problems, family relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, midlife crisis, singleness, pregnancy, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching
Plot:
looking for love, infidelity, love and romance, redemption, friendship, haunted by the past, couple relations, couples, bittersweet, friends
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
985
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
christmas, cancer patient, terminal illness, family relations, campaign, couples, youth, hopes, love and romance, unfulfillment, dancer's life, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The story is of a married woman who, grieving her inability to have children, finds comfort and healing in her friendship with another man. It's about discovering grace in darkness and the unexpected places we find healing.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching
Plot:
human nature, friendship, mysterious character, love and romance, couples, family problems, crumbling marriage, infidelity, friends, father figure, fight, embarrassment ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Lam Yiu Kwok, a Hong Kong secondary school teacher is facing a mid-life crisis. While he has only his pride and Chinese poetry to fall back on, his peers are successful businessmen and professionals who flaunt their extravagant lifestyles at reunion ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
love affair, moral dilemma, love triangle, midlife crisis, teachers and students, dishonesty, couples, tragic love, infidelity, love and romance, breakup, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
206
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three women — a young coed, a forty-something single mother, and one a senior-aged widow — meet in the sauna of the local gym, where they gradually get to know one another and bond over their respective trials and tribulations.
Style:
serious, talky, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
sauna, widow, introspection, female friendship, love and romance, elderly, self discovery, human spirit, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marian and John Kerr are expecting an old friend, Lyle for a weekend visit to their beautiful upstate New York home. Emotions run high since it is the one-year anniversary of the death of John's brother, the handsome and charismatic Tony, who ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
lgbt, aids, loss of lover, gay interest, mourning, parents and children, love affair, family in crisis, breakup, terminal illness, midlife crisis, haunted by the past ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Single, divorced lawyer Jess Gradwell returns in this sequel as she tries to raise her new three-year-old son, Jake, while dealing with her teenage daughter, Sara's, growing carnal desires with a photographer she meets while planning her high ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
family gatherings, looking for love, parents and children, lifestyle, midlife crisis, couples, family relations, love and romance, youth, unfulfillment, single parent, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
Style:
serious, realistic, clever, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, introspection, love affair, life turned upside down, love triangle, obsession, crumbling marriage, betrayal, love and romance, dishonesty, couple relations, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
france, sweden, greece, germany, athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ten women give monologues to camera, each remembering a man who was important in their lives.
Style:
realistic, talky, clever, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
loss of virginity, lifestyle, love affair, destructive relationship, looking for love, gender, couple relations, dangerous attraction, sexual relations, unfulfilled love, male female relationship, monologue ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An intense relationship drama that takes the form of a mystery, The Event centers around a series of unexplained deaths that occur among the gay community in New York's fashionable Chelsea district. Nick, a district attorney investigating the ...
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, terminal illness, family problems, couples, gays and lesbians, human nature, life is a bitch, gender, euthanasia, aids, unfulfillment, couple relations ...
Place:
new york, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
United States Senator, Andrew Ladd, revisits his life after a woman he loved, but only wrote letters to, dies. Having met as children the two grow apart as he enters politics and she aspires to be an artist. While success follows him, she has a more ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching
Plot:
fall in love, senator, unfaithful husband, female artist, love, tragic love, love affair, friendship, unfulfilled love, looking for love, crumbling marriage, prodigy ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
405
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young Vermont widow is haunted by the memory of her dead husband, while trying to date again.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, psychological, realistic
Plot:
haunted by the past, friendship, family life, estrangement, parents and children, life is a bitch, family problems, couples, love and romance, solace, impossible love, custody ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
471
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman and her teenage son move back in with her mother to work together in the family bridal business.
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, talky, realistic
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
couples, parents and children, dysfunctional family, unlikely couple, hopes, family problems, family relations, teenage life, lifestyle, single parent, introspection, crumbling marriage ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
And Then There Was One - The tragic and true story of a family dealing with AIDS is re-told in this heart-wrenching drama. Amy Madigan and Dennis Boutsikaris star as Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television writing couple. After struggling ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, gloomy, emotional
Plot:
aids, love, crumbling marriage, gender, ego clash, couple relations, babies and infants, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, gays and lesbians, human spirit, hopes ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three former band mates enter a cave after hearing it has the power to give them what they need. As unsettling desires rise to the surface, they all wonder if the cave has real power.
Style:
sincere, talky, touching, realistic, serious
Plot:
desert, adolescence vs adulthood, introspection, friendship, love triangle, love and romance, twentysomething life, bittersweet, coming of age, art, estrangement, best friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A clothing store worker (Jahan) meets a poor girl named Eti. Jahan tries to help the girl and solve her problems, but…
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
lifestyle, friendship, bittersweet, life is a bitch, love and romance, downfall, couples, down on your luck, singleness, city life, friends, twentysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Everyone falls into self destructive habits. Automatic lets us view a small cross-section of the lives of six characters as they struggle to break free from the automatic behavior that drives their lives.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
love and romance, couple relations, human nature, family problems, couples, sexual relations, destiny, crumbling marriage, hopes, unfulfillment, womanizer, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
342
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
teenage life, parents and children, opposites attract, family relations, friends, immigrants, love and romance, introspection, youth, single parent, coming of age, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Astitva is a bold film with adultery. An ambitious male chauvinist and his loving wife are happily married but the guy is not able to give time to the family as he want to make it big in life. His work is of paramount importance to him. His work ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, social ...
Plot:
seduction, independence, husband wife relationship, family relations, dysfunctional marriage, family problems, love and romance, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, infidelity, breakup, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, single mother, stepfather, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, couples, estrangement, family problems, human nature, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Contemporary story of a couple whose marriage has gone astray, partly due to the infidelity of both partners and also the fact that their eldest son was killed in a car accident 8 years before.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, captivating, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
road trip, family problems, human nature, introspection, dysfunctional family, crumbling marriage, elderly, unfulfillment, hopes, on the road, interracial relations, couples ...
Place:
california, usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A man takes his young daughter on a cross-country fly-fishing trip following the death of his father and his wife's decision to get a divorce.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, feel good, sentimental ...
Plot:
youth, single parent, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, love and romance, human nature, hopes, parents and children, breakup, family problems, couples, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lucien and Regina are foragers - they gather wild mushrooms and sell them to New York restaurants. They live simply, according to the seasons. When Regina seeks more stability, their marriage is put to a test.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, gloomy
Plot:
ambition, couple relations, lifestyle, relationship vs career, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage, love and romance, life turned upside down, unfulfilled love, restaurant, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons), a woman who believes that ultimate reality exists above and beyond the routine procedures of conscious, uninspired, everyday ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, couples, unfulfillment, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, unsupportive spouse, couple relations, crumbling marriage, love and romance, impossible love, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
60s
Place:
bahamas, colorado, denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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:
psychological, serious, realistic, talky, sentimental ...
Plot:
housekeeper, lgbt, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, follow your dream, hopes, couple relations, unfulfillment, society, human nature, boss and employee, love and romance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Scorn takes a look into the trials and tribulations of a group of people dealing with relationships, love, pain and friendship during the course of one year.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, contemplative
Plot:
family problems, introspection, couples, human nature, couple relations, destructive relationship, bittersweet, unfulfillment, love, abuse, family relations, urban setting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Set in Northern England, this powerful tale of suppressed sexuality offers poignant and sharply observant social commentary, interlaced with a tender romance. Vetern actress Barbara Marten tugs at the heart as Ellen Hardy, a working-class mother ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
lesbian, forbidden love, love affair, female friendship, friendship, fall in love, couples, family relations, feminism, society, working class, homecoming ...
Time:
50s
Place:
britain, england, europe, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The old friends from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Mary and Rhoda, are reunited, only to discover that Mary has a daughter named Rose and Rhoda's daughter is named Meredith.
Style:
sitcom, talky, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, homecoming, family life, looking for love, family relations, family problems, college, estrangement, couples, starting over, hopes, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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