Movies like Playing with Fire 2000
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Playing with Fire (2000)
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Original name: Laro sa Baga
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Ding tells the story of his life and how it was shaped by three women which includes his godmother, her adopted daughter and his wife.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, romantic drama, dramatic, tense, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
forbidden love, childhood sweetheart, forced marriage, separation, sex, lie, foster home, coming of age, sexual awakening, love triangle, betrayal, infidelity, social relations, moral ambiguity, forgiveness, urban, love, female nudity, male nudity, deception, filipina, young
Time:
2000s, contemporary
Place:
the philippines
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Most similar movies to Playing with Fire
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, romantic drama and captivating films with plots about betrayal, love triangle, urban, female nudity, moral ambiguity, coming of age and infidelity mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Playing with Fire: Behind the Glass (2008), Shadow Behind the Moon (2015), Broken Dreams (2010), Night and Day (1991), The Man in Her Life (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Through a period of five days, the story follows intertwined characters who live in false serenity and rather chaotic general order.
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
love triangle, dysfunctional family, love and romance, couple relations, couples, contests and competitions, chaos and mayhem, character study, adultery, betrayal, infidelity, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The armed conflict between the Philippine military and the communist resistance at the beginning of the 1990s forms the backdrop to this study of three individuals who, for different reasons, are trying to resolve an untenable situation.
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, bleak, reflective ...
Plot:
lie, life is a bitch, relationship problems, conflict, couple relations, relationships, social problems, wartime, social realism, armed conflict, survival, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1993
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Johnny, Elisabeth, and Ryan grew up best friends. Things change when Ryan asks Elisabeth to marry him, sending Johnny down a dangerous path.
Style:
captivating, realistic, sentimental, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
love triangle, coming of age, best friend, obsession, adolescence vs adulthood, youth, filmmaking, friendship, love, rivalry, unrequited love, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jack and Julie live in a bare flat in Paris. At night, Jack drives a taxi while Julie wanders around the city, and in the day they make love. One day Julie meets Joseph, the daytime driver of the taxi, and soon Julie is spending her nights with ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, realistic, sensual, art house
Plot:
love triangle, relationships, taxi driver, infidelity, everyday life, desire, character study, urban, intimacy, intimate, couples, loneliness ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
89%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Selya is disappointed with Bobby who only wants sex but no real relationship nor marriage. So she leaves and decides to marry the gay Ramon who, she is convinced, is definitely different.
Style:
romantic drama, queer cinema
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lgbt, love triangle, marriage, sexuality, female protagonist, infidelity, betrayal, heartbreak, sexual frustration, character study, gender roles, empathy ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The widow Alexandra and her schoolgirl daughter Sandra live together in a luxurious villa in Spain. When Fernando, an old love of Alexandra's, appears in town the two rekindle their love affair until Alexandra finds that he is being paid to be ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
love triangle, erotica, extramarital affair, mother daughter relationship, infidelity, betrayal, deception, jealousy, secrets, moral ambiguity, desire, loneliness ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
86%
347
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
A steamy tale of love, lust, and betrayal. When Adele's sister Bea returns with her girlfriend Cheska, a secret affair begins between Cheska and Adele's boyfriend, Rener, leading to a climactic ending when they're caught.
Style:
steamy, erotic, sensual, romantic drama, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
black ops, mature, lust, sexual tension, infidelity, love triangle, betrayal, temptation, forbidden romance, jealousy, passion, desire ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As two families celebrate the engagement of their children, one of the lovers unearths a family secret.
Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
engagement, family secret, family gatherings, family relations, fiancee, dysfunctional family, family reunited, military, dictatorship, dictator, family conflict, domestic drama ...
Place:
chile
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Chelo Zamora, middling singer, agreed to spend the summer working in restaurants in the Valencian beach Cullera, could not imagine being reunited with Toni, a guy who shares a dark past. Moved by his desire for revenge, Chelo attempt to ruin ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, sincere, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
revenge, singer, relationships, in love, couple relations, love interest, love story, star crossed lovers, love affair, love and romance, female singer, obsessive love ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Good Morning Karachi addresses the tension between religious extremism and modernity through the eyes of a young woman, Rafina, coming of age in Karachi city. Rafina comes from a poor background but dreams of making something of herself. She wants ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
modeling, coming of age, ambition, culture clash, politics, love, assassination, fashion, model, political rally, female protagonist, gender roles ...
Place:
pakistan
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina, UK, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dostoevsky-inspired drama set in 1900s Prague about a bored arrogant playboy who spends time seducing other men's wives and dueling. He begins an affair with his friend's wife, but falls in love with her.
Style:
intense, romantic drama, atmospheric, tense, melancholic ...
Plot:
love triangle, seduction, affair, infidelity, jealousy, forbidden love, character study, duel, obsession, guilty, lonely, literary ...
Time:
turn of the century, 90s
Place:
prague
Similarity:
73%
18
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Scorn takes a look into the trials and tribulations of a group of people dealing with relationships, love, pain and friendship during the course of one year.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
bittersweet, love, family problems, introspection, couples, couple relations, human nature, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, urban, abuse, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A rich woman marries a charming womanizer who conspires with his wife’s best friend. When all the revelations are exposed, the tables suddenly turn.
Style:
romantic drama, twisted, twist ending, suspense, sexy
Plot:
marriage, love triangle, infidelity, betrayal, deception, jealousy, conspiracy, manipulation, female villain, scheming, plot twist, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
61%
19
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A meeting in the middle of Tokyo between Jan, a middle age French photographer who is living his life carelessly, and Flare, a 17 years old runaway girl with a complicate family background. Charmed by Jan’s works, a budding of love soon developed ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, art house, sensual, intercultural ...
Plot:
coming of age, loneliness, bittersweet, family conflict, self discovery, mature, sexual tension, urban, intimate, forbidden love, identity crisis, nightlife ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
58%
127
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A gaggle of friends and observers ponder the fate of a relationship as they watch it collapse in this independent drama from the Philippines. Cris (Andoy Ranay) is a documentary filmmaker with a well-regarded body of work and a large community of ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
breakup, love affair, couples, gender, fall in love, sexual relations, bittersweet, trust, love, gays and lesbians, friendship, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When six girls and a guy all teenagers are found with their wrists slit on a high school playground, it's left to their guidance counselor to try to make sense of the mystery behind the apparent suicide pact. Told in nonlinear fashion, the ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
teenager, friendship, love, self discovery, school, lesbian, teen suicide, high school, counselor, multiple perspectives, trauma, grief ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The seemingly separate lives of a group of men intersect entwining the fates of each of them over the course of a week.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, realistic
Plot:
lifestyle, love affair, social relations, celebrity culture, betrayal, couples, cons and scams, love and romance, dishonesty, teachers and students, infidelity, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
49%
112
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Scripted by four of Australia’s greatest authors (David Williamson, Thomas Keneally, Hal Porter and Craig McGregor), this quartet of carnal desires explores adultery and jealous fantasies, the end of innocence, the moral and spiritual conflicts of ...
Style:
anthology, erotic, dramatic, controversial, period piece ...
Plot:
adultery, jealousy, sexuality, forbidden love, infidelity, social commentary, religious conflict, loss of innocence, moral dilemma, gender roles, literary, intimate ...
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Innocent young Marianne works in a ski resort high in the French Alps. One night she agrees to go on a date with Bob, a young guy on vacation. Bob excites her in ways that her oafish boyfriend never could.
Style:
erotic, romantic drama, sensual, sex comedy, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dog sex, bestiality, female protagonist, seduction, mature, manipulation, deception, moral ambiguity, character study, sexual awakening, naivete, blackmail ...
Place:
paris france, alps
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A math teacher from Bucharest and his lover go out for a picnic to relax. The film follows what happens after an accident occurs and the two characters argue about how to handle the situation. Things take a twist and as the victim becomes an part ...
Style:
tense, clever, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
prostitute, manipulation, infidelity, introspection, mysterious character, destructive relationship, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, couples, couple relations, woods, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
romania, bucharest
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful, art house ...
Plot:
siblings relations, depression, twins, lie, parent child relationship, woman in danger, missing person, uncover truth, male nudity, seduction, european, social problems ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
france, normandy, spain, europe, barcelona ...
Similarity:
45%
180
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Story revolves around the sad plight of the live sex performers Rolly (Paolo Rivero), Gigi (Klaudia Koronel), Rosita (Ana Capri), Sandra (Hazel Espinosa and Vio (Simon Ibarra) and what drives them to do the inexplicable.
Style:
erotic, captivating, thrilling, controversial, independent film ...
Plot:
sexual content, sexploitation, female nudity, poverty, passionate sex, prostitution, eroticism, sex scene, exploitation, sex, desperation, taboo ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Switzerland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Aïcha is a troubled teenage girl who cannot forgive her mother for kicking out the stepfather she adored. Aïcha longs for him to come back and take her away. When she meets Baz, a man twice her age, it’s love at first sight for her; the real ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, teenager, adolescence, romantic obsession, teenage girl, family conflict, infatuation, obsession, relationships, love, teenage life, teenage love ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Two teenagers wander rural Greece after being stranded by a car crash. They encounter an itinerant vagabond on their travels.
Style:
road movie, captivating, sincere, serious, touching ...
Plot:
teenager, mountain, self discovery, coming of age, train conductor, travel, escape from reality, countryside, past, identity crisis, bittersweet, alienation ...
Place:
greece
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman is faced with a tough decision to stay with her husband and father of her son who is cheating on her. She takes a vacation where she runs into an old flame and begins to rekindle their chemistry. Torn between the two, she intends to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, romantic drama, captivating ...
Plot:
love triangle, infidelity, betrayal, self discovery, dishonesty, couples, marital crisis, old love, motherhood, affair, introspection, relocation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A newlywed couple gets into trouble when the husband discovers that his wife still has feelings for her ex-boyfriend. What will the consequences of this love triangle be? To what extent will he go to win his wife's love forever?
Style:
romantic drama, serious, tense, melancholic
Plot:
domestic drama, jealousy, newlyweds, love triangle, jealous husband, confrontation, passion, heartbreak, loyalty, ex lover, intimate, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A priest visits a small seaside town. Miling a former nun who now teaches catechism on the island thinks that father Emman is the priest she sent for. She believes that a priest would help revive the townspeople's faith in God by putting up ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, religious drama
Plot:
priest, clergy, celibacy, catholicism, relationships, relationship problems, problem, secret, faith, nun, sexual repression, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Anna, a divorced single mother, employs a mysterious young woman called Lise to care for her children.
Style:
tense, melancholic, art house, independent film, dark ...
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, single mother, lesbian, existential loneliness, intimacy, secrets, caretaker, young woman, moral ambiguity, trauma, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the 90s, Isabella was eighteen and a star. 20 years later, she is still singing those same songs in small town bars with her son Bruno, playing guitar. It's because of him that her career stopped. At least it's what she tells herself.
Style:
dramatic, exciting, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
singing, family relations, female singer, pop star, relationships, guitarist, son, parent child relationship, single mother, mother and son, loneliness, coming of age ...
Time:
90s, 2010s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: India, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Mr. Singh / Mrs. Mehta is a 2010 Hindi-language film starring Prashant Narayanan and Aruna Shields. It's directed by Pravesh Bhardwaj. The film is produced by Manu Kumaran and was released on June 24, 2010. Mr Singh/Mrs Mehta is directorial ...
Style:
romantic drama, sensual, independent film
Plot:
extramarital affair, infidelity, adultery, forbidden romance, love triangle, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, intimacy, passion, sexual tension, sexual awakening, realism ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
41%
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