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Running on Empty Dreams (2009)
856
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young and athletic Sydney Harris finds out that she has six months to live unless she and her husband can come up with the money for her medical treatment. Sounds simple enough; get the money, save her life. But her underpaid, working class husband can't afford the treatment. And time is ticking away. As Sydney begins to seek out a means to save her life, she begins to question her existence and does some soul searching, only to find herself falling in love with a single mom in the neighborhood that Sydney and her family have just moved into. Sydney is then forced to choose between her religious upbringing, her husband and son, and a love that she hides, all while fighting a losing battle to save her own life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic, independent film
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian teen, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, female nudity, lesbianism, lesbian friend, lesbian erotica, illness, infidelity, relationships, gay love, fall in love, family problems, moral dilemma, lgbtq, lesbian interest, love triangle, family relations, sick, in love, gays and lesbians, love affair, female protagonist ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, captivating, sexy and psychological films with plots about lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, lesbian couple and lesbian sex mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Running on Empty Dreams: Heartland (2016), Eloïse's Lover (2009), Unexpected (2014), Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014), An Intimate Friendship (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young Oklahoma artist, struggling with a recent death, finds escape in a reckless affair with her brother's girlfriend.
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sexy, erotic, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lgbt, lesbian teen, lgbtq, cheating girlfriend, infidelity, brother sister relationship, female nudity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lesbian sex, lesbian attraction ...
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oklahoma
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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sexy, realistic, serious, sincere, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Marie is a successful designer and has a loving husband and two children. But fate offers more. When she meets the fiancée of their friend Dom, the two women fall for each other. This comes out and life gets out of control. Can there be a long-term ...
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sentimental, captivating, realistic, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
lesbian, sex scene, infidelity, fall in love, lgbtq, woman woman relationship, family relations, moral dilemma, lgbt, couples, dishonesty, sapphic ...
Time:
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Place:
germany
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sexy, erotic, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbianism, couples, lesbian love, lesbian romance, woman woman relationship, lesbian seduction, lesbian relationship, love and romance, gays and lesbians, love story, lesbian couple ...
Time:
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Place:
indiana
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A family of friends is forever changed when two of the friends realize that their love for one another goes beyond the confines of their conventional relationship.
Style:
psychological, captivating, independent film
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, lesbian romance, family relations, friendship, lesbianism, sister sister relationship, gay slur, lgbtq, couple relations, lesbian love ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, cult classic, independent film, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian couple, sexual relations, sapphic, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, lgbt, friendship, lesbian mother, female nudity, divorce ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, black and white, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbianism, lesbian couple, gay love, forbidden love, secret relationship, bare butt, sapphic, lgbt, lesbian sex ...
Time:
1900s, 1880s, 19th century, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
spain, portugal, argentina
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A film about a lifelong love affair between an independent spirit and the woman she calls home.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, nurse patient relationship, lgbtq, forbidden love, family relations, parents and children, elderly lovers, lgbt, couple relations, gender ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, sexy, eros, romantic, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian sex, erotica, lesbian couple, lesbianism, lesbian lover, lesbian romance, love affair, lesbian attraction ...
Place:
indiana, toronto ontario canada, canada
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67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In this steamy erotic thriller, Nicole is a woman whose significant other Brad wants her to stay home and take care of the house. But Nicole soon grows bored with this routine, and begins taking assignments as a nude model for men's magazines. ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, sexual, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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100%
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, touching, sexy, sexual, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbianism, lesbian mother, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, gays and lesbians, lesbian teen, couple relations, lesbian sex, sapphic ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: Russia
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Style:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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20%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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