Movies like The Magician 2015

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The Magician (2015)
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The Magician (2015)
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, class differences, magic, forbidden love, secret identity, princess, poverty, secret love, convoy, witchcraft, wizard, revenge, forest, magic trick, addiction, trap, young lovers, drunkenness, blindness, drinking, blind girl, joseon dynasty, star crossed lovers, illusionist, drinking alcohol ...
Place: korea
Keyword: korean

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, romantic, serious and touching films with plots about love and romance, love, forbidden love, love story, relationships, male female relationship and fall in love mostly in Drama, Romance and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Magician: The Princess' Man (2011), Empire of Lust (2015), Postman to Heaven (2009), Nandanam (2002), Beautiful Creatures (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Princess' Man (2011)
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: captivating, exciting, serious, tense, dorama ...
Plot: forbidden love, star crossed lovers, nobility, rise to power, princess, throne, political conflict, father daughter relationship, betrayal, medieval, prince, love and romance ...
Time: 15th century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 933
Empire of Lust (2015)
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, captivating, suspense, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot: joseon dynasty, mistress, unrequited love, revenge, rescue from drowning, suicide attempt, sex scene, love and romance, japanese history, danger, protector, political intrigue ...
Time: 14th century, 15th century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Postman to Heaven (2009)
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: sincere, captivating, sentimental, romantic comedy, romantic
Plot: postman, grief, ghost, parallel world, forbidden love, male female relationship, love interest, loss of husband, bereavement, grieving, asian, happy ending ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.4
 1K
Nandanam (2002)
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, touching, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot: forbidden love, love, class differences, loyalty, orphan, wedding, religion, hindu, mother son relationship, famous singer, life lesson, maid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Beautiful Creatures (2013)
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, emotional, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family friendly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: supernatural, love, magic, witch, youth, supernatural romance, supernatural ability, love and romance, teenage love, forbidden love, small town, teenage life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: south carolina, southern usa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.4
 2K
Shaakuntalam (2023)
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, thrilling, captivating
Plot: curse, repressed memory, love interest, cursed, magical, in love, magician, love story, male female relationship, couples, wizards and magicians, couple relations ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 8.3
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Wild (2016)
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, captivating, serious, sincere, inspirational ...
Plot: love, teenage love, rebelliousness, forbidden love, young love, teenage boy, small town, coming of age, teen romance, fall in love, in love, discrimination ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.7
 433
Ardor (2002)
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: forbidden love, domestic violence, marital infidelity, divorce, husband wife relationship, infidelity, erotica, male female relationship, love, love story, adulterous husband, crumbling marriage ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Beauty and the Beast (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A twist on the morality tale of forbidden love between the beautiful Belle and the feared Beast. As the villagers are being brutally murdered and the Beast is hunted down as the one responsible for the mayhem, Belle and Beast team up to defeat the ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, sex comedy, fairy tale
Plot: unlikely couple, beauty and the beast, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, danger, imaginary, save the kingdom, fall in love, beauty, village life, love and romance, witchcraft ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.2
 78
The Promise (2007)
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, captivating, sincere, romantic, serious
Plot: love triangle, class differences, ambition, love, tragedy, pregnancy, jealousy, childhood love, promise, fatal accident, miscarriage, infertility ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Nine: Nine Time Travels (2013)
Genre: 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, suspense, exciting, tense, romantic drama
Plot: altering history, love at first sight, time loop, sent to the past, brother brother relationship, terminal illness, death of father, alternate timeline, time traveler, supernatural power, changing lives, changing the past or future ...
Place: korea, nepal
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 388K
The Illusionist (2006)
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: magic, twists and turns, forbidden love, wizards and magicians, investigation, murder, love triangle, magic trick, death, duchess, nobility, rivals ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 2006, 2000s, edwardian era ...
Place: austria, vienna, america, london, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.4
 236
West of Her (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dan signs on to travel with a mysterious stranger named Jane, laying cryptic tiles in the roads of cities across America. As they argue over what the tiles mean, they come to realize that it's up to each of us to answer the questions that haunt ...
Style: road movie, sincere, touching, romantic, serious ...
Plot: road trip, summer romance, love interest, stranger, grand canyon, orphan, tent
Place: memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.5
 6K
Failan (2001)
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, love story, terminal illness, in love, love ...
Time: year 2001
Place: east asia, asia, south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Queen: Love and War (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: It tells the story of the cutthroat competition around the selection of the new queen, who is the only person in the kingdom who can have power without being related to the royal family.
Style: romantic, captivating
Plot: queen, battles, fight for supremacy, power struggle, love affair, royal family, throne, love story, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fight, in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Beautiful Vampire (2018)
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: romantic, sexy, captivating, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot: vampire, vampire human love, supernatural, true love, female vampire, love and romance, power of love, dangerous attraction, fall in love, love, supernatural power, vampire bite ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Lover's Concerto (2002)
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: touching, sentimental, sincere, romantic, captivating ...
Plot: love story, love triangle, couples, friendship, friends, love and romance, romantic relationship, relationships, couple relations, love affair, terminal illness, lesbian ...
Time: year 1996, 21st century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.9
 2K
No Regret (2006)
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, romantic ...
Plot: gay, gay love, boys love, gay teenager, gay asian, lgbt, male prostitute, twists and turns, social differences, forbidden love, love and romance, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, seoul, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: touching, captivating, serious, sincere, romantic comedy ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013)
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: realistic, serious, touching, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: forbidden love, love and romance, youth, student life, professor, college, society, friendship, age difference, daughter, college life, student ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Selma (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Selma is a 2 parts drama series based on Swedish world renowned novelist Selma Lagerlöf’s life. In the first part, Selma is in Sicily with her lover Sophie Elkan. The second part is years later, when Selma receives the Nobel Price.
Style: sincere, captivating, touching, serious, realistic
Plot: forbidden love, secret love, friendship, rivalry, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, nobel prize, prostitute, girl, biopic, nobel prize winner, sexism, dinner ...
Time: 1900s, 1890s
Place: sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Year of the Wolf (2007)
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: touching, captivating, romantic, sincere, serious
Plot: forbidden love, university, epilepsy, relationships, health, love triangle, love, parent child relationship, age difference, divorce, intimacy, poetry ...
Place: helsinki finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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Il Mare (2000)
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, touching, psychological thriller ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: time travel, changing the past or future, friendship, impossible love, architect, supernatural, unlikely couple, love affair, couples, supernatural romance, fall in love, love story ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Rapunzel Nabunzel (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After a somewhat unfair treatment with their parents, the witch Charnot becomes the tutor of Rapunzel Nabunzel, a girl who cares in the captivity of a 3D tower. Years later, when she is already a young girl, she is discovered by a red prince who ...
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, humorous, parody
Audience: kids
Plot: disney princess, save the princess, prince, magician, royal family, wizards and magicians, male female relationship, couples, magic, princess, imaginary kingdom, save the kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Beauty Inside (2015)
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, romantic relationship, body swapping, love, asian, secret, love and romance, spirit, new identity, supernatural, physical appearance, fish out of water ...
Place: south korea, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
You're My Home (2012)
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, touching, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: true love, tragic love, love and romance, family relations, couples, love, destiny, relationships, dialogue, friendship, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Closer to Heaven (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A funeral director meets a man who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease since he was young. The two fall in love and hope for a cure that can keep him alive.
Style: romantic, disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating
Plot: romantic relationship, love and romance, relationships, fighting illness, couple relations, male female relationship, love story, love affair, fall in love, in love, terminal illness, director ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.5
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Red Family (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A growing friendship with their neighbors softens the resolve of a group of North Korean spies who are posing as an ordinary South Korean family.
Style: serious, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating
Plot: humanity, confrontation, spy, neighbor neighbor relationship, assassin, inter-korean relations, job, relationships
Place: north korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.8
 13K
Romeo & Juliet (2013)
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, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, true love, star crossed lovers, young lovers, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, family feud, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages
Place: italy, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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