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Wildfire (1988)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Since they met the first time in boarding school as little kids, it was obvious that the orphans Kay and Dave would become a couple. But at sixteen, Dave foolishly attempted to rob a bank with a water pistol, and ended up in jail for eight years. Meanwhile Kay was sent to foster parents, where she met the successful business man Mike, whom she married and bore two kids. Now Frank is released from prison and immediately starts wooing Kay again. Although she's happy with Mike, she can't withdraw herself completely. Old memories and her husband's jealousy make her spend more and more time with him.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, intense, neo noir, independent film
Plot:
adultery, boarding school, love triangle, infidelity, temptation, ex convict, family drama, betrayal, jealous husband, second chance, family conflict, moral dilemma, seduction, obsessive love, forgiveness, erotica, midlife crisis, nostalgia, foster home, suburban life, small town, jealousy, orphan, robbery, foster parent ...
Time:
year 1988, 80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic drama, realistic, melancholic and independent film films with plots about betrayal, love triangle, infidelity, jealousy, adultery, moral dilemma and seduction mostly in Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Wildfire: Back Door (2021), Mongolpiparen (2004), First Love (2006), All the Winters That Have Been (1997), Gypsy Angels (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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87%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, sensual, independent film
Plot:
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81%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, realistic, intense
Plot:
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175
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A horror-movie actor falls in love with the unhappily married young wife of an attorney.
Style:
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Plot:
love triangle, character study, midlife crisis, forbidden romance, jealousy, infidelity, adultery, unrequited love, bittersweet, loneliness, mature, obsession ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco
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Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Franck, a former young hopeful at the Nantes soccer club, has stayed on to help the team for ten years after an injury,but becomes especially frustrated when he meets a seductive young woman.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two friends discuss their love adventures, and the emptiness ensuing each new conquest.
Style:
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Plot:
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24
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 94 min.
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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Similarity:
65%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, heartfelt, bleak, melancholic, tension
Plot:
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Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
56%
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280
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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347
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Duration: 62 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A man (Rogers) with a wife (Bedelia) and two daughters and a flourishing career is visited by a woman (Chen) whom he had an affair with when he was in Vietnam. Who reveals to him that they have a son and that she wants him to take him (their son).
Style:
realistic, sentimental
Plot:
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Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
53%
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Duration: 89 min.
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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Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, heartfelt, emotional, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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314
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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