Movies like The Magician 2015
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The Magician (2015)
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Original name: 조선마술사
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Princess in the Joseon Dynasty travels to the Qing Dynasty to marry. On the way to there, she meets a young magician and falls in love with him.
Style:
sincere, romantic, serious, captivating
Plot:
magician, forbidden love, class differences, magic, secret identity, poverty, secret love, convoy, young lovers, witchcraft, ancient korea, wizard, revenge, forest, magic trick, addiction, trap, drunkenness, blindness, drinking, blind girl, princess, joseon dynasty, star crossed lovers, illusionist ...
Place:
korea
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic, captivating, touching and serious films with plots about love and romance, love, forbidden love, love story, fall in love, love affair and couple relations mostly in Romance, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Magician: The Princess' Man (2011), Empire of Lust (2015), Postman to Heaven (2009), Shaakuntalam (2023), Beautiful Creatures (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
The Princess' Man is a 2011 South Korean television series, starring Park Si-hoo, Moon Chae-won, Kim Yeong-cheol, Song Jong-ho, Hong Soo-hyun, and Lee Soon-jae. It is a period drama about the forbidden romance between the daughter of King Sejo ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, dorama ...
Plot:
forbidden love, nobility, star crossed lovers, throne, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, lovers apart, medieval, asian history, rise to power, political conflict, father daughter relationship, betrayal ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in 1398. Kim Min-Jae (Shin Ha-Kyun) is the supreme commander of the Joseon Dynasty. He falls in love for the first time and for that woman he takes risks. Yi Bang-Won (Jang Hyuk) is the King’s son. He helped his father setup the Joseon Dynasty ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, sex, mistress, royal court, unrequited love, forbidden love, palace intrigue, korean history, revenge, rescue from drowning, suicide attempt, love and romance ...
Time:
14th century, 15th century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jae-jun (K-pop band TVXQ member Hero) delivers letters to heaven from those who can't get over the loss of their loved ones. One day Ha-na (Han Hyo-joo), who writes to her late boyfriend, discovers Jae-jun's secret identity. He offers her ...
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, captivating, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
grief, forbidden love, postman, ghost, healing, mourning, parallel world, loss of husband, bereavement, grieving, love interest, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Shakuntala, daughter of Meneka and Rishi Vishwamitra lives in forest with her teacher, Rishi Kanva. In the forest she meets King Dushyant, falls in love with him and the two get married. After she has their baby (Prince Bharata), Dushyant leaves her ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
curse, wizards and magicians, magical, male female relationship, relationships, love story, cursed, repressed memory, amnesia, wizard, memory loss, magic ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
Style:
romantic, light, captivating, teen, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
supernatural, love, witch, magic, youth, supernatural romance, supernatural ability, love and romance, teenage love, teenage life, forbidden love, small town ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged ...
Style:
surprise ending, atmospheric, period piece, enigmatic, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
twists and turns, magic, forbidden love, wizards and magicians, magician, murder mystery, murder, love triangle, magic trick, investigation, nobility, love story ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2006, 2000s, edwardian era ...
Place:
vienna, london, austria, america, england ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Nine: Nine Time Travels is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Jin-wook and Jo Yoon-hee. It aired on tvN from March 11 to May 14, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 for 20 episodes.
The show has a unique way of dealing with the ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspense, tense, romantic drama ...
Plot:
altering history, time loop, love at first sight, sent to the past, brother brother relationship, terminal illness, death of father, alternate timeline, changing the past or future, changing lives, supernatural power, time jump ...
Place:
nepal, korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Daniel and Andrea grew up in the same home and have been closer than real brothers and sisters ever since. But her father's goodwill to take in Daniel and bring him up does not sit well with her real older brother, who retaliates one day and ...
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, romantic, serious
Plot:
love triangle, ambition, class differences, love, tragedy, childhood love, pregnancy, promise, jealousy, fatal accident, infertility, miscarriage ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The beautiful 500-year-old vampire who lived a quiet life running a dressing room in a secluded alley. There has come a fatal crisis to her. The smell of the boy who likes her constantly stimulates her vampire instinct which has been suppressed for ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, captivating, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
vampire, true love, vampire human love, supernatural, female vampire, forbidden love, power of love, impossible love, love and romance, love, blood, supernatural power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Balamani is the housemaid looking after Unni Amma. There are three more housemaids in the house but it is Balamani's duty to look after them too. Balamani is a devotee of Guruvayoorappan (Lord Krishna of Guruvayoor). But she could never visit ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
forbidden love, religion, class differences, love, loyalty, orphan, hindu, wedding, maid, mother son relationship, family drama, devotional ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides ...
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, romantic, touching
Plot:
forbidden love, epilepsy, university, relationships, health, love triangle, parent child relationship, love, intimacy, alienation, poetry, divorce ...
Place:
helsinki finland
Similarity:
20%
16K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Although Parsha is the cricket team captain and the brightest student in his year, the beautiful and confident Aarchi is out of his reach. She belongs to a higher caste, her family is rich, and her father is a kingpin in local politics. But Aarchi ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, serious, sincere, romantic ...
Plot:
love, forbidden love, teenage love, rebelliousness, young love, teenage boy, small town, coming of age, discrimination, caste system, fall in love, teen romance ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs. They meet again the next day: it is during a round of ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, sincere, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, lgbtq, gay asian, gay interest, gay love, male prostitute, gay teenager, forbidden love, gay hustler, gay son, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, seoul, asia
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her husband's efforts to regain her love and the disapproval by the conservative little town, ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, erotic
Plot:
marital infidelity, forbidden love, domestic violence, divorce, lust, infidelity, husband wife relationship, erotica, male female relationship, dysfunctional marriage, cheating wife, love ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Haewon, a college student, wants to end her secret affair with her professor, Seongjun. Feeling depressed after bidding farewell to her mother who is set to immigrate to Canada the next day, Haewon seeks out Seongjun again after a long time. That ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, touching, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
love and romance, youth, student life, forbidden love, professor, college, society, friendship, age difference, daughter, college life, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
19%
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, sincere, sad, romantic, contemplative ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
love affair, memory loss, couple relations, love story, alzheimer's disease, love, love and romance, asian, passionate love, passion, class differences, memory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, east asia, asia
Similarity:
19%
10K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Eun-joo moves out of her house "Il Mare", leaving behind a Christmas card for the eventual new owner of the house in 1999. In it she asks him/her to forward any mail of hers to her new address in the city. It is 1997 and Sung-hyun, the ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, mind twisting, psychological thriller, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
time travel, impossible love, changing the past or future, friendship, architect, supernatural, unlikely couple, love affair, couples, supernatural romance, love story, time machine ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An old-fashioned love story set in the South Wales valleys during the 1930s. Well-to-do doctor Andrew joins his father's infirmary, and in miner's daughter Bethan finds a spirit lacking in his previous girlfriends. The two fall in love, ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, sentimental, costume drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, class differences, class struggle, couple relations, love story, love and romance, male female relationship, love interest, fall in love, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic relationship ...
Time:
1930s, 1950s, 1940s
Place:
wales
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set during the early Joseon Dynasty, the film begins with the queen mother and former concubine (Park Ji-young) in a precarious position of having no blood ties to the childless king (Jung Chan). She schemes to replace him on the throne with his ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, sensual, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
royalty, sex scene, eunuch, revenge, sexual attraction, big natural breasts, female nudity, sex, oral sex, love, asian history, erotica ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are ...
Style:
romantic, dramatic, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, star crossed lovers, young lovers, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, shakespeare, family feud, love and romance, family relations, uninhibited rivalry, parents and children ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century
Place:
italy, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Woo-Jin changes into a different person when he wakes up. He falls in love with Yi-Soo.
Style:
romantic, touching, inspirational, sweet, dorama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love story, body swapping, romantic relationship, impossible love, love, asian, secret, love and romance, physical appearance, supernatural, spirit, new identity ...
Place:
south korea, east asia
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After returning back to family, Leyla tries to fix everytihng while starting a new life wit Iskender. Everything goes smoothly until troubles find Leyla...
Style:
romantic, serious, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
tragic love, true love, family relations, love and romance, couples, love, relationships, destiny, dishonesty, dialogue, storytelling, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan ...
Style:
romantic, touching, captivating, depressing, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, gangster, love affair, family relations, asian, marriage, orphan, threat, marriage of convenience, cancer, outsider, love story ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
east asia, asia, south korea, korea
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Despite agreeing to an arranged marriage to a childhood friend, a successful businessman tries to track down a beautiful woman that he met at a Halloween party.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, humorous, scenic, romantic
Plot:
halloween, witch, supernatural, paranormal romance, love at first sight, magic, male female relationship, supernatural ability, supernatural power, wizard, family relations, couple relations ...
Similarity:
18%
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:
sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
love story, couples, love triangle, friendship, friends, love and romance, couple relations, romantic relationship, relationships, love affair, terminal illness, entertainment ...
Time:
year 1996, 21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In this anthology film centered around the theme of "Eros," five seperate stories are presented by five top Korean directors. The main characters from each segment are connected with each other in one way or another.
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, touching, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
forbidden love, young lovers, sexual relations, looking for love, love affair, lovers reunited, couple relations, youth, fall in love, teenage love, lifestyle, eroticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
18%
12K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Cheol-Min, a man with a dark, picks up a part-time night job as a parking lot attendant. He sits in the tiny pay booth in the parking lot and stares at the small television. A woman named Jung-Hwa walks into the booth. Cheol-Min realizes the woman ...
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
true love, couples, asian, blindness, love and romance, love story, blind man, boxing, haunted by the past, twists and turns, estrangement, disability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
east asia, korea, south korea
Similarity:
18%
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:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, young lovers, social differences, revolution, youth, unfulfilled love, love and romance, society, fall in love, tragic love, true love, renaissance ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
18%
185
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A thirty-two year old man falls in love with a seventeen year-old highschool student whom he sees at the bus stop everyday.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic, controversial ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
relationships, romantic relationship, age-gap relationship, love story, male female relationship, fall in love, in love, age difference, star crossed lovers, relationship problems, love interest, love and romance ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Min-ho and Jeong-il end up working with each other's wives one day. As time passes, the men feel attracted physically to their friend's wives. In the end, Jeong-il suggests to Min-ho, "Let's not take sides and just be happy as ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
wife swapping, swinger couple, open marriage, couple relations, love triangle, mate swapping, male female relationship, love interest, husband wife relationship, love and romance, love affair, forbidden love ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
17%
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