Movies like Another Life 2001

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Another Life (2001)
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Another Life (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Base on a true story.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, romantic, captivating, independent film, historical drama, tense, contemplative ...
Plot: murder, forbidden love, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, unlikely criminals, rescue, life is a bitch, fall in love, couples, love affair, infidelity, dishonesty, tragic love, friendship, love and romance, wartime life, extramarital affair, death penalty, relationships, romantic relationship, love interest, couple relations, romancing a criminal, murderer, love triangle ...
Time: 1920s, 1910s, 20s
Place: england, london

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Forever Mine (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
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Plot: unfaithful wife, betrayal, couple relations, love triangle, love affair, haunted by the past, dishonesty, unfulfillment, hidden identity, murder, lovers reunited, infidelity ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
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The Mother (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
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Time: year 2003
Place: england, london, europe
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Angela (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: True story of an attractive Sicilian mob-wife who participates in her husband's drug-dealing business and falls for her husband's lackey.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, tense
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1950s Italy, a farmer's dream of improving workers’ living conditions collapses when he falls for a landowner's daughter. Based on true events.
Style: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Place: italy
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 100 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Set in '50s Spain, a young man leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée can get married. He rents a room from a widow, and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by ...
Style: erotic, sexy, sexual, realistic, serious ...
Plot: tragic love, secret lover, erotica, defloration, love, older woman younger man relationship, love triangle, fall in love, obsession, love and romance, betrayal, couple relations ...
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Leaving (2009)
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, touching, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 108 min.
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The Car Man (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
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Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic, sweet
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: suspense, emotional, psychological, realistic, serious ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, romantic, christian film
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Guilty Hearts (2002)
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Duration: 180 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
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Duration: 93 min.
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The Breaking Ice (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Singapore
Duration: 97 min.
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Duration: 139 min.
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Style: atmospheric, emotional, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Audience: girls' night
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Both Sides of the Blade (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Jean and Sara have been living together for 10 years. When they first met, Sara was living with François, Jean’s best friend and an admirer from back when he played rugby. Jean and Sara love each other. One day, Sara sees François in the street. ...
Style: psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling
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Place: france
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The Space Between The Lines (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Emmi would like to cancel her subscription to "Like" magazine via e-mail. But due to a typo, her messages land in Leo Leike’s inbox. When Emmi repeatedly sends mails to the wrong address, Leo decides to inform her of her mistake. This ...
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Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: romantic, captivating, thrilling, psychological
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