Movies like Waiting 1981
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Waiting (1981)
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Original name: Ожидание
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
While waiting for her first child, young teacher Masha Pavlova suddenly decides that her husband does not understand her, and therefore does not respect her interests. Having ceased to understand each other, the couple divorced. Nikolai, who once loved her but is now divorced and clearly suffering from loneliness, reappears in her life.
Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, period piece, nostalgic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loneliness, pregnancy, divorce, marriage, domestic drama, family drama, regret, slice of life, intimate, unrequited love, bittersweet, gender roles, second chance, urban, moral ambiguity, teacher, family relations, husband wife relationship, separation, soviet, psychological drama
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, realistic and romantic drama films with plots about intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, urban, regret, loneliness and marriage mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Waiting: Turning to Love (1975), An Umbrella for Lovers (1986), Month of Madhu (2023), Autumn (1974), Monologue (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, sentimental, melancholic, period piece
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Kraskov and Vera have long loved each other. They are unable to part, however, and connect their destinies can not and have already accepted the circumstances of life: he has a family, three children. A chance meeting in Moscow with a young couple, ...
Style:
period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Madhumati, a 19-year-old Indo-American girl, whose visit to Vizag for a family wedding takes an unforeseen turn after a clash with her mother. Meanwhile, Madhusudhan, a separated and unemployed man, grapples with his failing marriage to Lekha. Their ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In their youth they loved each other, but then parted. Ilya got married, Alexandra married, but the family life did not work out for both of them. Having met again, they understand that they still love each other, and spend seven happy days together ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
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Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the closest people in his life, neither to his long-suffering wife nor young ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, poignant, period piece, satirical ...
Plot:
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Place:
soviet union, poetic realism, ussr
Similarity:
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467
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated from his wife and lives alone. His daughter, who lives with the mother, comes to his home and stays with him for a period, leaving her daughter with him. ...
Style:
reflective, contemplative, emotional, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, loneliness, scientist, family drama, professor, estrangement, introspection, reconciliation, family relations, parenting, empathy, aging ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
70%
173
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
aesthetic, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, art house
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
marriage, love triangle, stroke, infidelity, friendship, domestic drama, divorce, loneliness, midlife crisis, house, ethical dilemma, intimate ...
Time:
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Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The divorce proceedings of the aging Medvedev couple, handled by Tatyana Mikhailovna Somova, make her reflect on her own loneliness, her conflict with her grown-up children, and her separation from her husband.
Style:
contemplative, melancholic, reflective, emotional, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Soviet Union
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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