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The Waiting City (2009)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected directions, and the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself.
Style:
emotional, touching, captivating, realistic, tense, serious, gloomy, spiritual
Audience:
date night
Plot:
adoption, couple relations, family relations, society, city life, hopes, love, rivalry, spirituality, culture shock, indian woman, love and romance, couples, urban, female nudity, journey, husband wife relationship, hare krishna, squaw, young, romance, female director
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
india, asia, kolkata
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and emotional films with plots about couples, love and romance, society, couple relations, love, fall in love and family relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Waiting City: Year of the Nail (2007), Love Is Blind (2013), 3 (2012), Anuranan (2006), The Best Day of My Life (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A love story between a Mexican teenager and an American woman who meet one summer in Mexico.
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, love affair, couples, unfulfilled love, teenage life, hopes, society, friendship, male female relationship, looking for sex, youth, loss of virginity ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico, latin america
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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 ...
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realistic, emotional, serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
fall in love, parents and children, unlikely couple, society, social misfits, village life, self discovery, family relations, drunkenness, summer, tourism, girl ...
Time:
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Place:
estonia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Ram and Janani are high school sweethearts who eventually get married. However, Janani is mystified when Ram commits suicide all of a sudden and she tries to find out the truth behind his death.
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tense, emotional, captivating, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
true love, tragic love, social differences, couples, mental illness, friendship, society, doomed love, tragic romance, meditation, suicide, bipolar disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of two couples - each with their own struggles to survive as a couple and as individuals. After living in London for a few years, Rahul and Nandita have recently moved back to Kolkata and become friends with Amit and Preeti. It is the ...
Style:
serious, emotional, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
couple relations, love and romance, friendship, friends, crumbling marriage, family relations, infidelity, best friend, dishonesty, family problems, couples, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, england, kolkata, asia, europe ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, love and romance, couples, family problems, youth, society, religions or cults, marital discord, gays and lesbians, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines, Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Loving husband Lino is on a mission: His wife, who works as a domestic in Milan, is missing and he's determined to find her. To do so, he enters Italy illegally and takes cover as one of the hundreds of Filipino migrant workers wh make their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, tagalog ...
Plot:
missing person, fall in love, couples, infidelity, couple relations, society, dangerous attraction, love and romance, travel, wife, woman, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, the philippines, europe, milan italy
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Eight people try to end their loneliness by searching for that one person to love, who can make their life complete.
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
fall in love, love affair, friends, wooing, couple relations, couples, looking for love, urban, love and romance, infidelity, birthday, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, east asia, asia, beijing china
Similarity:
22%
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:
emotional, realistic, serious, romantic, tense ...
Plot:
forbidden love, family relations, rivalry, vengeance, hopes, clan, family feud, friendship, danger, tragic love, love and romance, parents and children ...
Place:
india, asia
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21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
couple relations, family problems, self discovery, redemption, couples, hopes, moral dilemma, family relations, love, love triangle, society, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
21%
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, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
interracial relations, forbidden love, sikh, love and romance, fall in love, couples, society, soldier, political unrest, social relations, muslim, male female relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
pakistan, india, africa, middle east, south africa ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Drama directed by Paul Cox.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love affair, taxi, couples, society, misfit, politics, love and romance, journalism, immigrant, immigration, greek ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
australia, greece
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When friendship deepens into what veterinarian Keng hopes could become love, he learns that beautiful Fai still harbors feelings for her ex-husband who also happens to be Keng's best friend.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
unfulfillment, friendship, unfulfilled love, family relations, elderly, aging, friends, parents and children, true love, fall in love, couple relations, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Madhava's love life troubles him for his life goals accomplishment, How will he achive his goal along with his partner ?
Style:
realistic, sincere, romantic drama, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
relationships, love, husband wife relationship, couple relations, fall in love, couples, friends, friendship, love and romance, love affair, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
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111
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A girl is born to an Aboriginal mother and an Afgan father.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
forbidden love, interracial relations, tragic love, culture clash, human spirit, injustice, parents and children, true love, couple relations, youth, fall in love, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
australia, afghanistan
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In a luxurious hotel, the lives of 6 people cross. A story about love, life and the search for happiness.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
introspection, couples, couple relations, hopes, unfulfillment, hotel, love and romance, friendship, society, erotica, wedding, dull life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, brussels
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21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
"Washington Heights" tells the story of Carlos Ramirez, a young illustrator burning to escape the Latino neighborhood of the same name to make a splash in New York City's commercial downtown comic book scene. When his father, who owns ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, emotional, tense, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, las vegas, usa
Similarity:
21%
940
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
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21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
coming of age, immigrant, family relations, society, youth, parents and children, teenager, post september 11 2001, love, opposites attract, african american, young love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of Carlo, Giulia, and their friends some 10 years after the events of L'Ultimo bacio.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
true love, hopes, love affair, infidelity, dishonesty, couple relations, breakup, family life, parents separation, couples, family problems, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two schizophrenics meet during therapy and fall in love. Unfortunately they are on a road to nowhere...
Style:
psychological, touching, neurotic, independent film, serious ...
Plot:
mental illness, schizophrenia, mental health, young lovers, psychosis, love story, destruction, illness, psychopath, therapy, pregnancy, baby ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, homecoming, love and romance, society, husband wife relationship, seduction, infidelity, father son relationship, lovers reunited, family business, nude bathing ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, family problems, unfulfilled love, society, human nature, couple relations, love and romance, couples, bittersweet, life is a bitch, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating
Plot:
family relations, family problems, couples, family in crisis, parents and children, wedding anniversary, life turned upside down, love, father son relationship, hospital, society, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
Similarity:
20%
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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:
forbidden love, love, love and romance, social differences, parents and children, couples, family relations, life is a bitch, fall in love, slum, favela, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
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19%
269
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, love affair, couples, friends, police officer, haunted by the past, dating, amnesiac, love and romance, couple relations, cop, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
love and romance, couple relations, couples, society, working class, introspection, solitude, unfulfillment, unfulfilled love, bittersweet, love, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, kolkata
Similarity:
19%
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 ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
samurai, hopes, friendship, prostitute, couple relations, looking for love, fall in love, couples, village, unfulfilled love, village life, prostitution ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sui Wai lost her fiance Ah Man in a car accident. With the obligations of life sitting heavy on her shoulders, she lives on only to find herself confiding in her beloved through a phone call. Dai Fai. a mini-bus driver who witnessed Ah Man's ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
fall in love, coping, hopes, starting over, love affair, workplace, couples, love and romance, bittersweet, workplace romance, strong female presence, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem ...
Style:
realistic, art house, emotional, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, asian history, street life, gangster, gay, love letter, couples, friends, disorder, society, couple relations, misfit ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, new york, asia, usa ...
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19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
‘Welcome Home’ shows three intense moments in the life of Lila. She is the common thread between three men she meets during significant instants of her existence. The film is a sharp love letter to Brussels, a city in a constant state of flux, a ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, sexy, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
homecoming, couple relations, disorder, life turned upside down, jealousy, love, rivalry, friendship, male nudity, couples, nudity, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, brussels, brussels belgium
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19%
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