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The Scent of Mandarin (2015)
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Original name: L'Odeur de la mandarine
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
During World War I, a home care nurse treats a man who lost one leg on the front lines. A strong bond arises between them and evolves into a passionate love affair.
Style:
sexy, romantic, rough, controversial, stylized, complex
Plot:
loveless marriage, nightmare, lechery, world war one, horny wife, animal sex, single mother, cuckold husband, love, church, little girl, marriage proposal, husband wife relationship, nurse, marriage, isolated place, infidelity, dysfunctional couple, horse, war, military, wartime life, one legged man, lust, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1918, 20th century, year 2015
Place:
france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sexy, erotic, realistic and serious films with plots about female nudity, sex scene, infidelity, adultery, male nudity, nudity and extramarital affair mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like The Scent of Mandarin: From the Land of the Moon (2016), Lady J (2018), A Serious Game (2016), The Painted Veil (2006), Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Milena Agus' eponymous novel set after WWII, "Mal de Pierres" ("Mal di Pietre") spans 20 years, following the destiny of a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
unrequited love, twists and turns, female protagonist, pain, mountain, war veteran, delusional woman, doctor, marriage, baby, soldier, passionate love ...
Time:
post world war two, 50s, future, 1950s
Place:
provence, south of france, somalia, france, alps
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When a romance between a widow and a notorious libertine takes an unexpected turn, Mademoiselle de Joncquières becomes instrumental to one lover’s plans for revenge.
Style:
period piece, melancholic, sincere, sentimental, disturbing ...
Plot:
aristocracy, widow, revenge, betrayal, love, marriage, male female friendship, forgiveness, broken heart, prostitute, suicide attempt, libertine ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the 1910s, journalist Arvid Stjärnblom and painter's daughter Lydia Stille fall in love with each other.
Style:
costume drama, psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating
Plot:
love, infidelity, extramarital affair, loveless marriage, opera, skinny dipping, forbidden love, cheating wife, ex couple relations, romantic triangle, love and romance, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Canada, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
Style:
touching, emotional, scenic, captivating, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
infidelity, loveless marriage, love story, love and romance, cheating wife, couple relations, extramarital affair, couples, marriage, cholera, adultery, unfaithful wife ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2006, 19th century, 50s
Place:
china, shanghai, africa, london, asia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, controversial, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
sex, impotent husband, obsession, world war one, nudity, master and servant, love triangle, erotica, female masturbation, dysfunctional marriage, war injury, infidelity ...
Time:
year 1981, 1910s, 80s
Place:
england, britain, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
French adaption of DH Lawrence's infamous novel about forbidden passion across the class divide. Winner of the 2007 Cesar Award for Best Film.
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, lady, sex, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, passion, female pubic hair, forbidden love, affair, sensuality, unhappy marriage, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2006, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
mediterranean sea, riviera, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Simone inherits a dilapidated farmhouse in France and makes her way there with her husband Eric and their two children. Her dream is to turn the house into a bed and breakfast but as the hectic pace of the rebuilding gets underway, she gets caught ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, captivating, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
unfaithful wife, blackmail, cheating wife, hot and sexy, cheating on husband, unwanted pregnancy, horny wife, sex scene, love triangle, adultery, female nudity, extramarital affair ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Seven years after their first infatuated encounter, Abril and Manuel meet again. Despite the fact that they are both married, it is soon apparent that their attraction has only grown.
Style:
sexy, romantic, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
flight attendant, sex scene, passion, true love, relationships, marriage, love triangle, husband wife relationship, unfaithful wife, caught cheating, couples, love and romance ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a man who longs for a stable longterm relationship with children, home, etc. Anna, feeling as though the fire has fizzled in that relationship takes up ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, touching, sexual, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, cheating on husband, sex scene, forbidden love, couples, love affair, extramarital affair, adultery, horny wife, sexually dissatisfied wife, husband wife relationship, sexual intercourse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
43%
534
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A couple of fisher-folk are joined by a young new apprentice in the middle of a raging storm.
Style:
romantic
Plot:
sexually dissatisfied wife, outdoor sex, married woman, unfaithful wife, sex scene, desire, unfaithfulness, woman on top, female nudity, female pubic hair, horny wife, cheating wife ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Suzanne is a well to do married woman and mother in the south of France. Her idle bourgeois lifestyle gets her down and she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room for her in their backyard. ...
Style:
realistic, sexy, touching, emotional, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, unfaithful wife, cuckolded husband, forbidden love, extramarital affair, cheating wife, coitus, lovers apart, fatal attraction, sexless marriage, outdoor sex, passion ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, south of france, europe, spain
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A famous Danish artist and fashion photographer who leads an eventful life and is always travelling, meets a man who immediately awakens strong feelings in her. This unexpected encounter sparks a decisive turning point in her life and they begin a ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
cheating wife, unfaithful wife, photographer, photograph, extramarital affair, dangerous attraction, obsession, couples, destructive relationship, love affair, unfulfillment, cuckolded husband ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, warsaw poland, eastern europe, paris france
Similarity:
41%
22K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, adultery, love affair, sex, obsession, infidelity, sexuality, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, passion, sex scene, love triangle ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
europe, palm springs california, paris france, london, brussels ...
Similarity:
41%
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, sincere, sensual, non-linear, psychological ...
Plot:
divorce, infidelity, sex, rape, adultery, wedding, husband wife relationship, wedding night, sex scene, relationships, orgy, voyeurism ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
france, sardinia, sicily, europe, senegal ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Marie, who works as a successful door-to-door encyclopedia salesperson, has been married to her husband Francois for 12 years and has a two-year-old son. Though she is relatively content with her life, she feels something is wanting. Enter 50-year ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cheating wife, unfaithful wife, interracial sex, sexual obsession, sexual relations, bored housewife, cuckold, marital crisis, rough sex, extramarital affair, black man white woman relationship, pillow talk ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A portrait of youth in bloom; a tale of one family's dissolution; a reflection upon the danger and the mystery in living. Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a free spirit and the vessel for an almost Brontëan choler. She's 16, and men ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, crying, retro, anthology ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
female nudity, infidelity, bare breasts, dysfunctional family, looking for sex, extramarital affair, coming of age, promiscuous daughter, sexual promiscuity, man hits a woman, nudity, domestic abuse ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
41%
14K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Jay, a failed musician, walked out of his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day Jay follows her and finds out about the ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, bleak, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, explicit sex, couple relations, cheating wife, sex scene, strong sexual content, obsession, erotica, sexual relations, sensuality, dysfunctional marriage, erection ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, canada
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Venice, sixteenth century. Giulio, a foreign gentleman spends a memorable night in the city where he meets and beds two beautiful women. They are Angela, a widowed lady, and Valeria, whose husband has left for Florence.
Style:
sexy, erotic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, female masturbation, domestic servant, male nudity, sexual desire, adultery, female nudity, lesbian, illicit affair, sex, prostitute, sex scene ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
italy, europe, venice
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Lady Chatterley, a woman born into a life of wealth and privilege, finds herself married to a man that she eventually falls out of love with. She engages in a torrid affair with a gamekeeper on their English estate, discovering more desire and ...
Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
sexual awakening, extramarital affair, unfaithfulness, sexual frustration, outdoor sex, rough sex, passion, adultery, impotent husband, butt, sexual tension, desire ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
london
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Formerly known as "Two Women" or "Freezing Rain". A man who wants all love, a wife who approaches her husband's other woman, and a woman who wants to keep her love. A classy melodrama of these three people and their risky ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
sex, love triangle, adulterous husband, bisexual girl, sex scene, friendship, infidelity, love affair, sexual relations, lesbian love, friends, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An old dog has a hard time learning new tricks in this drama set in Turku. Ari, a paramedic, is a chronic womanizer; he makes it a point of pride to never sleep with the same woman twice, and his nights are a long series of brazen one-night stands. ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, melancholic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
sex, love triangle, male nudity, female pubic hair, sexual relations, friendship, infidelity, redemption, cuckolded husband, change of heart, fall in love, love and romance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, finland
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A long love story, seen through the memories of one young couple. The journey through the years of two individuals, united, divided, happy, unhappy, deeply in love, or in love with others, in a single stream of emotions and shades of feeling. Over ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, psychological, touching, romantic
Plot:
male nudity, young lovers, sex scene, beach, love, female nudity, dancing, flashback, love and romance, couple relations, love interest, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.
Style:
sexy, erotic, captivating, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
female exhibitionist, love, coming of age, teenage boy, student, teenage love, breakup, passport, death of mother, teenage girl, teenager, female pubic hair ...
Time:
year 2015, 80s, 2000s
Place:
paris france, france, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of a love affair that begins during a picnic on the Thai-Burmese border.
Style:
sexy, contemplative, erotic drama, sensual, touching ...
Plot:
sensuality, forbidden love, picnic, real sex, countryside, on the road, immigrant, infidelity, illegal immigrant, mature woman, summer, nudity ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
asia, thailand, burma
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The idyllic and secluded Finnish archipelago. The pandemic soars across the world. Elli’s world trembles as her husband’s old friend arrives at the island.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
horny wife, cuckolded husband, swimming, cuckold husband, voyeurism, adultery, female pubic hair, cheating wife, skinny dipping, sex with friend's wife, unfaithful wife, shaved pussy ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Isabelle, a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.
Style:
erotic, sexual, sexy, atmospheric, controversial ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
prostitute, lust, teenage girl, sex scene, older man younger woman relationship, youth, coming of age, prostitution, call girl, sex with a minor, first sexual experience, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, paris france, california, tokyo
Similarity:
50%
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker.
Style:
art house, anthology, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
infidelity, marriage, love triangle, male male relationship, summer, adultery, love, crazy love, bittersweet, inadvertently, family relations, making love ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, tokyo, japan
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max Ophul's "La Ronde."
Style:
art house, contemplative, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, sex, prostitute, soldier, infidelity, bittersweet, dishonesty, love and romance, unfulfillment, assassination, lifestyle, love affair ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, austria
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A writer leaves his upper-class life and journeys with a woman claiming to be his sister, and her two friends.
Style:
sexy, meditative, disturbing, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
incest, intimate, sex scene, female nudity, penetration, real sex, sexual content, strong sexual content, unsimulated sex, sex, existentialism, femme fatale ...
Time:
year 1999, turn of the century, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, germany, europe, normandy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two seemingly happily married French couples are forced to contend with a number of issues.
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, erotic ...
Plot:
love affair, adultery, female nudity, skinny dipping, love triangle, infidelity, starting over, fall in love, life turned upside down, couples, family problems, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
39%
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