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A Song for Martin (2001)
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A Song for Martin (2001)
Original name: En sång för Martin
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Martin, conductor of a symphonic orchestra, meet Barbara, violine player and they start a relationship. Five years later Martin starts to develop loss of memory and becomes more and more confused. Finally he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and Barbara tries to help as much as possible although Martin is often angry and violent towards her.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, sincere, contemplative, gloomy, crying
Plot: family relations, infidelity, couples, love affair, couple relations, violin, love and romance, fall in love, dysfunctional family, family problems, lifestyle, musician's life, crumbling marriage, alzheimer's disease, classical music, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, opera, dementia, mother son relationship, psychology, christmas, composer ...
Time: year 2001, contemporary
Place: eastern europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and crying films with plots about couples, love and romance, husband wife relationship, kiss, family relations, sex and couple relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like A Song for Martin: A Slipping-Down Life (1999), Forty Shades of Blue (2005), A Heart of Stone (1992), Chopin: Desire for Love (2002), The Hottest State (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Slipping-Down Life (1999)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.
Style: touching, feel good, captivating, sincere, romantic drama ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: groupie, love and romance, artists and showbiz, love affair, lifestyle, rock, opposites attract, musician's life, singer, infatuation, art, obsession ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: north carolina, usa, charleston south carolina
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100%
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
Style: sincere, emotional, realistic, contemplative, serious ...
Plot: love affair, sex with stepmother, infidelity, love triangle, family relations, family problems, crumbling marriage, estrangement, couples, parents and children, couple relations, fall in love ...
Place: usa, tennessee, memphis, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
A Heart of Stone (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.
Style: psychological, heartbreaking, thought provoking, sincere, anthology ...
Plot: love, classical music, music, obsession, violin, passion, unrequited love, love story, glamour, asexual, violinist, solitude ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: france, paris france, europe, hungary, geneva switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Chopin: Desire for Love (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: composer, biopic, prodigy, musician's life, lifestyle, love affair, couples, destructive relationship, fall in love, society, chess, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1830s
Place: poland, vienna, mallorca, warsaw poland, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Hottest State (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
Style: realistic, sentimental, semi serious, touching, gloomy ...
Plot: musician, sexuality, love affair, youth, couple relations, fall in love, young lovers, actor's life, musician's life, lifestyle, actor, living together ...
Time: year 2006
Place: texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Heart of Me (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot: couples, love affair, infidelity, betrayal, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, fall in love, society, parents and children, haunted by the past, unfaithful husband, forbidden love ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1934 ...
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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 ⇓
25%
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Saraband (2003)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Finland, Germany, Austria
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The movie is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), where we revisit the characters of Johan and Marianne, then a married couple. After their divorce, Johan and Marianne haven't seen each other for 32 years. Marianne is still ...
Style: psychological, emotional, meditative, sincere, touching ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, marriage, parenthood, character study, introspection, love and romance, parents and children, human nature, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, hopes ...
Time: year 2003
Place: eastern europe, munich germany, helsinki finland, florence, hamburg germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Bride of the Wind (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, heartbreaking ...
Plot: painter, biopic, fall in love, artist, family relations, infidelity, prodigy, lifestyle, ambition, love affair, couples, remarry ...
Time: edwardian era, year 2001, 1900s, 19th century, 20th century ...
Place: austria, vienna, new york, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Five Times Two (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles ...
Style: sexy, enigmatic, psychological, sensual, stylized ...
Plot: divorce, sex, infidelity, rape, adultery, wedding, wedding night, unfaithful wife, relationships, husband wife relationship, up and down relationship, family life ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: france, sardinia, europe, senegal, sicily ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Twist and Shout (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Danish teens come of age in 1963. Bjorn and Erik are close friends. Bjorn is pursued by Kirsten, a future Stepford wife, but he falls for Anna, who initiates him into love and sex. Erik is somber, caring for his home-bound mentally-ill mother while ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, female nudity, traumatic childhood, age difference, adolescence, older woman younger man, family relations, pregnancy, friendship, dating, hide and seek, friends ...
Time: 80s, 60s, year 1963
Place: antwerp, denmark, copenhagen, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
A Brief Vacation (1973)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Vittorio De Sica's A Brief Vacation (Una Breva Vacanza) stars Florinda Bolkan as a downtrodden working woman. Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, Bolkan contracts ...
Style: neorealism, contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: mountain, female nudity, quarantine, social injustice, medical, tuberculosis, friendship, factory, family problems, family relations, couples, friends ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The River (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's ...
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, couple relations, love and romance, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, couples, human nature, unfulfillment, hopes, introspection, gays and lesbians ...
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Duet for One (1986)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Stephanie, a famous violinist, contracts multiple sclerosis her life begins to fall apart. Her career ends, her husband leaves her for another woman and her favorite pupil leave the country. Unable to bear all this loss, Stephanie attempts ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: disability, multiple sclerosis, tragic hero, life is a bitch, family problems, musician's life, crumbling marriage, couples, life turned upside down, family in crisis, violin, extramarital affair ...
Time: 80s
Place: soviet union, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Food of Love (2002)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Young aspiring pianist attracts attention of famous musicians. Chance encounters bring them together but expectations must be managed by all.
Style: serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot: gay, gay teenager, lgbt, family relations, love affair, gay relationship, youth, lifestyle, musician's life, passionate interest, spouse leaving, lgbtq ...
Place: new york, barcelona, usa, san francisco, spain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Never Say Goodbye (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 193 min.
Story: Dev and Maya are both married to different people. Settled into a life of domestic ritual, and convinced that they are happy in their respective relationships, they still yearn for something deeper and more meaningful, which is precisely what they ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: true love, infidelity, family relations, love affair, couple relations, couples, family problems, parents and children, jealous spouse, lifestyle, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: midlife crisis, starting over, infidelity, love triangle, working class, breakup, dysfunctional family, extramarital affair, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, human nature ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Cactus (1986)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A woman who injured her eyes in car accident and a young blind man fall for each other.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: blind character, blindness, infidelity, nudity, blind man, husband wife relationship, premarital sex, sexual attraction, adultery, extramarital affair, female nudity, bare breasts ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Callas Forever (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK, Romania
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A fictionalized account of the last days of opera singer Maria Callas (Ardant).
Style: realistic, sincere, sentimental, touching, serious ...
Plot: ambition, musician's life, starting over, opera singer, aging, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, showbiz, friendship, celebrity culture, classical music, hopes ...
Time: year 2002, year 1977, 70s
Place: greece, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
After the Deluge (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 194 min.
Story: Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries to kick-start his faded music career as well as find a meaningful relationship with someone his ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, sincere, touching ...
Plot: family relations, introspection, family life, couples, family problems, couple relations, hopes, family in crisis, mental illness, haunted by the past, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Thing Called Love (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Miranda Presley moves from New York to Nashville to become a songwriter. At an unsuccessful audition she meets James Wright, a promising newcomer. After only a few days they marry but start to quickly regret it.
Style: semi serious, feel good, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: friendship, country music, bittersweet, love, couples, musician's life, couple relations, friends, twentysomething life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, hopes ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: new york, tennessee, usa, connecticut, austin texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Alexander the Last (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
Style: mumblecore, serious, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love and romance, human nature, family problems, love triangle, artists and showbiz, crumbling marriage, lifestyle, couple relations, actor's life, family relations, couples, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Listen to Your Heart (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Danny Foster doesn't have much: an apartment as small as his paychecks, no family, and a struggling music career. Yet for him, "every day is a great day to be alive," an attitude he gained from his mother's unwavering optimism ...
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: mute or deaf, family relations, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, musician's life, couples, misfit, unfulfillment, parents and children, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
A Moment to Remember (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A young couple's love is tested when Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
Style: touching, realistic, romantic, sincere, sad ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: love affair, memory loss, alzheimer's disease, love story, couple relations, love, love and romance, asian, class differences, memory, father daughter relationship, resentment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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 ⇓
20%
The Competition (1980)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: piano, love, music, fall in love, love affair, in love, musician, family relations, female nudity, bare breasts, sex, male nudity ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
As It Is in Heaven (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir which is not easily accepted by the town ...
Style: touching, sincere, emotional, lyrical, inspirational ...
Plot: music, choir, bullying, character study, self discovery, village, musician's life, teachers and students, human nature, nordic, love, destiny ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, austria, milan italy, scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Falling in Love (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. Although both are married ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, light, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: infidelity, love and romance, christmas, love story, adultery, bookstore, friendship, extramarital affair, fall in love, couple relations, love affair, women ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Shake It All About (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jacob is a young man used to getting everything he wants. For several years, he has been living in a happy homosexual partnership with Jørgen, and one night Jacob decides to pop the big question to Jørgen. Jørgen happily accepts Jacobs marriage ...
Style: touching, realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay teenager, infidelity, gay relationship, family relations, fall in love, friendship, pregnancy, love triangle, looking for love, couple relations, gay couple ...
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Little Lili (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: This film, loosely inspired by Anton Chekov's The Seagull, weaves a story about sex, family and the business of making films. When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his girlfriend Lili ...
Style: realistic, serious, clever, touching, erotic ...
Plot: filmmaking, older man younger woman relationship, actor's life, love triangle, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, couple relations, fall in love, obsession, unfulfilled love, infidelity ...
Time: year 2003
Place: france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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