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Interval (1973)
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An emotionally fragile older woman (Merle Oberon) embarks on an ill-fated love affair with a handsome young artist (Robert Wolders) while traveling through Mexico's Yucatan peninsula...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, atmospheric, independent film, soap opera, nostalgic
Plot:
loneliness, age difference, female protagonist, midlife crisis, isolation, self discovery, introspection, regret, bittersweet, intimate, sexual tension, tragic romance, painter, age-gap relationship, exotic locale, travelogue, illicit affair, taboo, mental disorder, storm, hotel, mental institution, mental illness, older woman younger man relationship, accidental death ...
Place:
mexico
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, romantic drama, emotional and realistic films with plots about bittersweet, intimate, loneliness, character study, self discovery, isolation and slice of life mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Interval: On the Edge (1995), In Montauk (2012), Lonely Planet (2024), Autumn (1974), Journey to Another Town (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A man. A woman. A single night in Paris. Such is the basic framework of this French romance that begins when middle-aged middle-class housewife Clara, happily drives to the airport to meet her husband who was supposed to come in on the evening ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
infidelity, airport, self discovery, character study, chance meeting, parisian, freedom, intimate, loneliness, introspection, bittersweet, midlife crisis ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Julie Wagner has everything today's young woman thinks she wants: a successful husband who adores her, a baby on the way, a close circle of family and friends, and a career as a photographer that is about to take off. So why is she alone in ...
Style:
contemplative, sensitive, melancholic, independent film, existential ...
Plot:
self discovery, female protagonist, character study, creative process, identity, personal growth, longing, intimate, domestic drama, photographer, isolation, regret ...
Place:
new york state
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.
Style:
romantic drama, atmospheric, sensual, moody
Plot:
writers, retreat, self discovery, escape, novelist, longing, intimate, introspection, relationships, second chance, affair, passion ...
Place:
morocco, north africa
Similarity:
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250
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:
character study, bittersweet, intimate, nostalgia, regret, realism, longing, midlife crisis, isolation, minimalism, couples, infidelity ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
By chance, two middle-aged people met - the telephone operator of the hotel Lina and the chief engineer of the construction department Kirillov, who had arrived on official business from Leningrad in one of the provincial cities of the country. ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
loneliness, unfulfilled love, chance meeting, middle aged, isolation, bittersweet, everyday life, troubled marriage, slice of life, introspection, small town, intimate ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Realising that neither his friend Jean nor his girlfriend Eloïse can help him, he decides to stay with his sister Odile, who lives near Limoges. At a ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, existential, atmospheric, period piece
Plot:
love triangle, affair, unfulfilled love, introspection, loneliness, infidelity, nervous breakdown, frustration, intimate, depression, marriage crisis, bittersweet ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
67%
123
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A young lawyer arrives on a island in Spain with a weight on his conscience that is about to drive him to suicide. The encounter with a young teenager discovering sexuality will first reveal her vulnerabilities and finally her cynicism.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
island, suicidal thoughts, sexual awakening, coming of age, guilt, conscience, problem, suicidal tendency, advocate, loneliness, character study, regret ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dear Sidewalk tells the story of Gardner, a 24 year old mail-carrier, who is struggling to contend with his identity as his quarter-life crisis is in full swing. His regimented routine is thrown out the window when he meets Paige, a divorcee, ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, semi serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, midlife crisis, relationships, character study, identity, self discovery, age difference, postman, social problems, love affair, male female relationship, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Val Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
Style:
southern gothic, melancholic, tension, intense, atmospheric
Plot:
small town, passion, forbidden love, forbidden romance, infidelity, love triangle, character study, loneliness, sexual awakening, tragic romance, isolation, class conflict ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost ...
Style:
romantic drama, social, romantic comedy, romantic, melancholic
Plot:
loss of child, survivalist, lovers, love, loneliness, second chance, character study, realism, intimate, midlife crisis, everyday life, slice of life ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself, her volatile lover and her ex-boyfriend, for whom she had platonic feelings.
Style:
moody
Plot:
love triangle, snow, jealousy, female protagonist, affair, isolation, winter, obsession, ex lover, tragic romance, loneliness, passion ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After a health crisis that keeps her home, Klara does nothing but listen to her favorite radio show, Follow My Voice. But one day she wonders: is it possible to fall in love with someone she has only heard on the radio but never met? Could she ...
Plot:
character study, isolation, loneliness, mental health, female protagonist, introspection, recovery, obsession, unrequited love, ambiguity, slow burn, interracial love relationship ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Maryam (Negar Javaherian) and Reza (Shahab Hosseini) are different from other people, it's not just a simple difference, but a very big difference. They must try to prove to others they have solved the big difference with the miracle of love ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, psychological, art house, realistic ...
Plot:
islam, character study, relationships, identity, compassion, introspection, intimate, empathy, acceptance, outsider, alienation, social realism ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
46%
272
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Pueng, daughter of a military Colonel, has planned to spend her married life with Mann, a young Lieutenant with a promising future. On the day Martial Law was announced, she received a wedding invitation from a high school friend back in her ...
Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, sentimental, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
wedding, memory, nostalgia, second chance, love triangle, young love, bittersweet, coming of age, small town, friendship, flashback, regret ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Evan Bonner is a deserter from the Vietnam war; he is on his way back to America to give himself up when he meets Deirdre McCluskey, a beautiful if petulant model. The two make an unlikely couple, but once in France the magic of Paris works its ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
chance meeting, loneliness, self discovery, identity crisis, alienation, character study, escapism, bittersweet, moral ambiguity, getting home, women, reconciliation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france, france, vietnam, morocco
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Alberto is a disc-jockey at a radio station. His life is torn apart by the memories of his ex-wife and his free and careless life in the 60s. Alberto remembers, and his memories don't let him live his present life with Ana, his current ...
Style:
romantic drama, period piece, retro, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot:
dj, memory, radio, nostalgia, character study, flashback, obsession, regret, longing, past life, reminiscence, midlife crisis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico
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43%
671
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman with internal scars.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, captivating, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Film from Steve Dunning
Style:
melancholic, realistic, contemplative, romantic drama, independent film
Plot:
loneliness, isolation, immigrant, sacrifice, waitress, migration, homesickness, working class, slice of life, bittersweet, entrapment, empathy ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
painter, autism, character study, adultery, jealousy, intimacy, isolation, loneliness, self discovery, asperger's syndrome, infidelity, female protagonist ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
40%
113
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Heidi M. is in her late forties and has a small store in the pulsating center of Berlin. She goes out in the evenings with her friend Jacqui, but when she is unexpectedly confronted with romantic love, old wounds are opened.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, art house, contemplative
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, longing, introspection, city life, urban, bittersweet, loneliness, desire, self discovery, confrontation, realism ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
america, memphis
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, romantic drama, art house, indie film
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The loves of a struggling photographer and a bus ticket clerk are inextricably tied together after a chance encounter.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, independent film, realistic, indonesian
Plot:
chance meeting, relationships, bittersweet, serendipity, photography, loneliness, slice of life, intimate, urban, loss, male protagonist, female protagonist ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Kae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, she discovers a hidden compartment behind a inconspicuous mirror. In that compartment, Kae finds a notebook, that turns out to be a diary belonging to ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, romantic, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
female protagonist, relationships, love and romance, love interest, teacher, diary, in love, female teacher, lifestyle, reading someone else's diary, love story, reflection ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Bhooma Devi, a diligent postgraduate literature student reluctantly agrees to date the college bad boy Vikram, but her life unravels, when the typical college romance gradually evolves into a deeply layered exploration of love and his controlling ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An old man lives out the final years of his half-century marriage by living and remembering.
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, heartfelt, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
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695
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Johannes lives together with his father, the middle-aged widower Ulrik in a small fishing town in the northern part of Denmark. They live a quiet routine life, each minding their separate jobs in the fishing industry. Ulrik misses the love and ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
father son relationship, relationship problems, family relations, male female relationship, romantic rivalry, love affair, parents and children, romantic triangle, love triangle, relationships, romantic relationship, family problems ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Semih's girlfriend suddenly breaks up with him. In search of answers about their relationship, he must soon confront what he had long ignored.
Style:
emotional, romantic, dramatic, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
couples, life, friend, love, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, male female relationship, couple relations, self discovery, heartache, male protagonist ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, romantic drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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