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Umrao Jaan (2006)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Bollywood film about the famous courtesan of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role. The film is directed by J.P. Dutta and also stars Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.
Style:
sentimental, touching, captivating, emotional, serious, realistic, stylized
Plot:
courtesan, forbidden love, life is a bitch, social differences, prostitute, destiny, impossible love, society, curses spells and rituals, abduction, brothel, women, politics, rebellion, kidnapping, love and romance, unfulfilled love, bittersweet, unfulfillment, friendship, muslim, dancer, bollywood, singing, indian pakistani ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
india, asia
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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 love and romance, fall in love, society, love, bollywood, couples and forbidden love mostly in Drama, Romance and Musical genres. Some movies like Umrao Jaan: Devdas (2002), Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004), The Mistress of Spices (2005), The Request (2010), Redeeming Love (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
Devdas is sent away by his father so he can improve himself but upon his return his father still doesn’t welcome him back. Devdas and Paro are in love but Paro is a lower caste and is set to be married to an older widower. Devdas is devastated ...
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touching, emotional, serious, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
unfulfilled love, love triangle, forbidden love, drunkenness, prostitute, hindu, alcoholic, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, tragic love, death of protagonist, courtesan, love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
india, london, kolkata, asia, england ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The story of the love between Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, a Pakistani...a love so great it knows no boundaries...
Style:
captivating, serious, emotional, atmospheric, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, impossible love, muslim, rescue, uncover truth, love affair, against the odds, social differences, false accusation, life is a bitch, hopes, legal ...
Place:
india, pakistan, asia, middle east
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tilo, the titular "Mistresses of Spices" is a shopkeeper and an immigrant from India who helps customers satisfy their needs and desires with spices. Her life changes when she falls in love with an American man.
Style:
touching, sexy, sincere, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
supernatural ability, mysticism, forbidden love, love and romance, food, supernatural, fall in love, customs, tradition, beauty, sensuality, restaurant ...
Place:
india, san francisco, california, usa, asia
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
Style:
touching, thought provoking, uplifting, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
quadriplegic, human spirit, legal action, life is a bitch, disability, love affair, love, media, legal, protest, lawyer, euthanasia ...
Place:
india, asia
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67%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic, dramatic ...
Plot:
prostitute, prostitution, traumatic childhood, child prostitution, abused woman, social issues, relationship problems, tragic past, redemption, love interest, social problems, relationships ...
Time:
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Place:
california, san francisco, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, emotional, sad ...
Plot:
stockholm syndrome, kidnapping, on the road, fall in love, self discovery, confined, unlikely couple, freedom, character change, on the run, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Snehmoy (Rahul Bose) and Miyage (Chigusa Takaku) are pen friends who exchange wedding vows through letters. Fifteen years pass but they never meet. Yet the bond of marriage is strong between them. This unusual relationship comes under a cloud when a ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
looking for love, couples, love triangle, unfulfillment, lovers apart, village, pen pal, friendship, society, love and romance, cure, unlikely couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, india, asia
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38%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 207 min.
Story:
The films tells the story of an un-named Indian Muslim, who helps illegal refugees from both India and Pakistan to cross the border through the Great Rann of Kutch. The film is attributed to have been inspired by the short story "Love Across ...
Style:
serious, sincere, sentimental, tense, romantic ...
Plot:
love triangle, soldier, love affair, fall in love, border patrol, terrorist, society, family relations, destiny, parents and children, mistaken identity, immigrants ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
pakistan, india, new delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
They fall in love before they know its meaning, Lolita, orphaned at an early age & Shekhar, who reaches out & gives her the security she craves.They share joys & sorrows through childhood & adolescence,unknown to them ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love triangle, childhood sweetheart, couple relations, friendship, fall in love, couples, family relations, family in crisis, parents and children, social differences, love affair, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
india, asia, kolkata
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Visually-challenged Tamizh and Suthanthirakodi fall in love with each other, but her self-centred brother wants to marry her off to his friend, which leads to the lovers' separation. Can their love help them find each other?
Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot:
love and romance, blindness and impaired vision, disability, friendship, fall in love, love story, journey, couples, relationship vs career, unfulfillment, society, train travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Orphaned and homeless Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute by the name of Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, stylized ...
Plot:
friendship, love and romance, prostitute, tragic love, love affair, fall in love, couple relations, couples, small town life, haunted by the past, destiny, hopes ...
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Inspired by the Telegu (southern Indian) film, "Pelli Chuskundam," the plot follows the life of a rape victim (Aishwarya Rai). Now, a disgrace to her family, she is turned away from her house after the sexual assault. But she finds shelter ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, prostitute, love and romance, love, illegitimate child, rape victim, adulterer, love triangle, mother son relationship, society, father son conflict, ostracism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu (Zhou Dong-Yu) is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San (Shawn Dou), a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
tragic love, forbidden love, social differences, love and romance, fall in love, unfulfilled love, revolution, society, youth, village, young lovers, terminal illness ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A love story of a good-hearted Hindu man and a beautiful devout Muslim woman who leave their village to marry against the wishes of their parents and move to Bombay to start a fresh life. There they have twin sons and a daughter. But turmoil engulfs ...
Style:
patriotic, romantic, inspirational, social, controversial ...
Plot:
politics, family reunited, city, music, journalism, twins, forbidden love, race riot, hate, bittersweet, state affairs, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1993, year 1992, 90s
Place:
mumbai india, india, asia, bombay india
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Set in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because it’s geographically close to China, "Paradise in Service" follows the adventure of a boy who serves his military service in Unit 831 from 1969 to 1972, in ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
soldier, military base, military life, brothel, unfulfillment, forbidden love, haunted by the past, island, friendship, life is a bitch, military, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, pre world war two, 60s
Place:
taiwan, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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
Plot:
forbidden love, rich and poor, fall in love, social differences, love and romance, society, youth, teenage life, parents and children, religions or cults, islam
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
indonesia
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34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
love, love and romance, social differences, forbidden love, parents and children, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, fall in love, slum, step siblings, urban ghetto ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, rio de janeiro, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on Akira Kurosawa's final unproduced script, this Edo-period drama takes place almost entirely inside an ocean-village brothel. O-Shin is a young brothel worker who one night helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the ...
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serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
samurai, friendship, prostitute, hopes, couple relations, looking for love, couples, village life, unfulfilled love, fall in love, village, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
A story spanning two generations, where two lovers are forced to marry against their will, but hold onto memories of their romance. Years later circumstances force them to confront their spouses, their children and each other.
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Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
true love, indians, step siblings, lovers apart, young lovers, unfulfillment, love and romance, fall in love, parents and children, love affair, love triangle, unfulfilled love ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
En 1975, unos meses antes del comienzo de la dictadura militar argentina, Alicia y Marcelo se conocen en un concierto de Sui Géneris. El amor surge inmediatamente entre ellos, pero el retorno del novio de Alicia provoca la separación. En 1982, en ...
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touching, emotional, sincere, serious, talky ...
Plot:
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Place:
argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
On the day of her marriage, the bride goes missing. She ends up in a brothel, compelling her wealthy husband to pretend that all is well to keep the family's honor intact.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, pakistan, africa, middle east, asia
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34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
A village tough finally succumbs to the unconditional love of his angelic cousin, but his romance faces insurmountable challenges, including family opposition and his own delinquent personality.
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
village, forbidden love, love affair, parents and children, fall in love, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, village life, misfit, vengeance, arranged marriage, gangsters ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband Bhupati devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage, he sees her loneliness and asks his brother-in-law,Umapada to keep her company. At the same time ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental, touching
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
india, kolkata
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33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
pregnancy, family relations, hopes, against the rules, redemption, family problems, family life, love and romance, unfulfillment, single parent, siblings relations, unfulfilled love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Amar Prem (Eternal Love) shows a off and on loving relationship between a small boy Nandu and a nautch girl Pushpa (Sharmila Tagore). Pushpa is seperated from her Husband and is brought to Calcutta to work as a Nautch girl. Here she meets Anand ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sentimental
Plot:
prostitute, true love, affair, female protagonist, brothel, loneliness, happiness, maid, prostitution, sadness, affection, breakup ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
teenage love, forbidden love, social differences, against the odds, poverty, wealth, family problems, youth, young lovers, society, fall in love, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico city, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Lee Ji-hwan receives photographs in the mail that reminds him of how he met two girls, Shim Su-in and Kim Gyeong-heui, one summer five years ago. He shares his memories with his friend Cheol-hyeon. He recalls initially being in love with Su-in, but ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
love story, love triangle, couples, friendship, friends, love and romance, couple relations, relationships, love affair, romantic relationship, lesbian, terminal illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While fighting for the political supremacy of their respective families, a Hindu man and a Muslim woman share a forbidden romance.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, romantic, tense ...
Plot:
village, family relations, forbidden love, vengeance, rivalry, hopes, clan, family feud, friendship, love and romance, parents and children, love ...
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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