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Mouvements du désir (1994)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France, Switzerland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During the long train ride from Montreal to Vancouver, a man and woman find themselves increasingly attracted to each other.
Style:
contemplative, romantic drama, melancholic, realistic, road movie, avant garde
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, self discovery, chance meeting, train travel, character study, breakup, bittersweet, minimalism, single parent, cross country, love, female nudity, masturbation, female masturbation, nudity, thief, train, sex, desire, railway, theft, male female relationship, woman, surrealism, attraction ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
montreal, vancouver, canada, vancouver british columbia canada, montreal quebec, montreal quebec canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, romantic drama, realistic and contemplative films with plots about bittersweet, self discovery, love, character study, slice of life, urban and male female relationship mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Mouvements du désir: Romance on the Orient Express (1985), Two People (1973), Don't Leave (2022), Bye Bye Love (1993), The Beautiful Risk (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Lily, an American traveling on the famous Orient Express train from Venice to Paris, suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex, whom they met and had a tender romance 10 years earlier while vacationing in France which ended abruptly when he walked ...
Style:
romantic drama
Plot:
love, train, passionate kiss, lost love, flashback, railway, airport, mother daughter relationship, lie, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, domineering father, train station ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, venice, italy
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100%
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
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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
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44%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two women, a friendship. Two parallel love stories. Marianne has a passionate affair with Nino while the relationship of Lea and David is falling apart. While a couple is forming, another's becoming undone. Yet, the choice of the two friends ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, independent film, contemplative, art house
Plot:
passion, women, breakup, self discovery, relationships, female friendship, affair, heartbreak, separation, intimate, bittersweet, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
William, a respected artist who lost everything after his divorce, arrives in Montreal on a job prospect. When the job falls through he then is saved and forms an erotic friendship and exposes his soul with a young woman named Paulette.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, sensual, independent film ...
Plot:
self discovery, loss, loneliness, relationships, character study, intimate, recovery, second chance, bittersweet, sexual relations, longing, seduction ...
Place:
montreal, canada, quebec, new york, pittsburgh
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over a fleeting week and a half, twenty-somethings Michael and Laura find counterparts within each other and form a deep, intense connection that is tested by their inevitable separation.
Style:
melancholic, controversial, emotional, reflective, contemplative ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
introspection, male female relationship, soul mate, couple relations, young adult, up and down relationship, self discovery, couples, lifestyle change, lifestyle, breakup, friendship ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Sensing their relationship is crumbling, Christian avoids celebrating Christmas with his girlfriend Julia and heads for Paris.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, romantic drama, realistic
Plot:
love triangle, christmas, jealousy, bittersweet, breakup, loneliness, mature, romantic rivalry, intimate, sexual tension, holiday, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany, paris france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
26-year-old Hachiko Hojo (Yuko Oshima) works as a train attendant, selling items on a cart. She's good at her job, but she lacks self confidence. One day, she meets a movie producer (Koji Ookura). They decide to visit tourist attractions in ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, light, entertaining, reflective ...
Plot:
train, love and romance, love story, self doubt, fall in love, relationships, chance meeting, in love, travel, love affair, couple relations, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Reeling from her mother's recent death, Ruby Lee Gissing relocates to Florida to start anew. After finding a job at a souvenir store, Ruby becomes friends with the shop's owner, Mildred Chambers, and slowly acclimates to her new ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, touching, road movie, romantic drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
self discovery, coming of age, friendship, bittersweet, drinking, desire, shoplifting, spring break, suburbs, feminist, girl power, women ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
florida, tennessee, usa, tokyo, new jersey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An ambitious news reporter refuses to let anything come between her and her dream of being an anchorwoman until a former lover she thought was out of her life returns.
Style:
romantic drama, sentimental, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
ambition, journalism, female protagonist, determination, character study, love triangle, self discovery, second chance, office romance, independent woman, regret, office politics ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Marion, a 50 year old woman, suddenly ups and leaves the man with whom she has been living for the past 20 years; she has found herself, midlife, in love with her friend Claude, another woman.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian mother, midlife crisis, lgbt, self discovery, lesbian romance, female friendship, lgbtq, sexual awakening, slice of life, bittersweet, unrequited love ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It's a simple love story. Antonio likes Claudie. But Claudie is not so simple ... Claudie is a young woman who stumbles into reality. Little by little, we discover the life of her and those around her. Her friends, her family, her past ... And ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, contemplative, realistic, poignant ...
Plot:
love story, self discovery, intimate, everyday life, coming of age, slice of life, intimacy, personal growth, friendship, male protagonist, bittersweet, identity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After experiencing failure in business and his marriage, Mitsutoshi Yashiro (Shinsuke Kato) walks around looking for a place to die. He decides to stop at a red light district shop to have sex for one last time. He meets Hina (Rina Fujisaki) who ...
Style:
captivating, dramatic, sincere, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
prostitution, nudity, japanese woman, sex scene, prostitute, suicidal thoughts, couples, bare breasts, sex, male female relationship, relationships, regret ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
32%
328
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A 30-something man between relationships must move quick when an exciting new woman enters his life.
Style:
romantic comedy, captivating, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
breakup, ex girlfriend, love interest, painter, wedding, unrequited love, self discovery, character study, love triangle, midlife crisis, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
One night, Pierre decides to reveal his painful secret to his daughter-in-law, who's just been abandoned by her husband. Pierre's secret is about his secret love to Mathilde, the woman he left to instead follow an easier path in life.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, love affair, couples, love, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, children, father in law daughter in law relationship, older man younger woman relationship, breakup ...
Time:
year 2009, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, hong kong, montreal
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Lina is in her best age, mid-30s. She is strong-willed, resilient and self-conscious. There has never been a man in her life, on the contrary, she even had to play the man's role on the small farm to sustain herself and the parents. But the ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
gender roles, female protagonist, loneliness, character study, small town life, village life, intimate, nostalgia, romantic reunion, bittersweet, love, tragic event ...
Time:
1910s
Similarity:
30%
890
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story follows complicated relation between Adas Miauczynski "Cezary Pazura" and Gosia "Katarzyna Figura".
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
jealousy, obsession, character study, masturbation, bittersweet, personal growth, self discovery, reconciliation, frustration, train, father son relationship, divorce ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, contemplative, realistic, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
slice of life, complex characters, character study, intimate, separation, self discovery, everyday life, loneliness, minimalism, slow burn, identity, regret ...
Similarity:
29%
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534
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Desperate to jar herself from the rich tedium of picture-perfect Beverly Hills, Sophie moves across town to another world: Echo Park. She quickly strikes up an unexpected connection with Alex, a handsome neighbor and British expat who is reluctantly ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, contemplative ...
Plot:
interracial romance, love triangle, life, relationships, love story, romantic relationship, love affair, couples, love interest, couple relations, male female relationship, relationship problems ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Élise lives with her 10-year-old son Léo, whose father is deceased. She has a chaotic relationship with Paul her lover. They go from happy moments to intense feuds. Élise introduces him to Léo and in time, they get to know and appreciate each ...
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
love affair, family relations, parents and children, couples, pregnancy, single parent, breakup, love, friends, character study, single mother, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Per is doing his military service when he finds out that his girlfriend back home in Stockholm is having an affair. He goes AWOL and tries to find a way back home. On the way he meets Hanna, the daughter of a travelling salesman who joins him on his ...
Style:
road movie, realistic, emotional, romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
awol, coming of age, self discovery, journey, escape, unlikely friendships, military service, male protagonist, young adult, getting home, companionship, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On the night of the 2016 Presidential election, Cass, an L.A. club promoter, takes a thrilling and emotional journey with Frida, a Midwestern visitor. She challenges him to revisit his broken dreams - while he pushes her to discover hers.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, contemplative, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
After spending most of his life abroad, a peculiar young man returns to his birthplace with high hopes of finding love.
Style:
contemplative, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
getting home, character study, self discovery, personal growth, identity, longing, bittersweet, everyday life, slice of life, intimate, nostalgia, homecoming ...
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Joy can't let go of her ex, but doesn't seem to be able to fall for the new guy. In the meantime she keeps having casual sex with strangers.
Style:
melancholic, romantic drama, art house, psychological, sensual ...
Plot:
loneliness, urban, character study, intimacy, israeli, self discovery, alienation, obsession, casual sex, young adult, love hate relationship, street life ...
Place:
tel aviv israel, palestine
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For ...
Style:
sexual, art house, spiritual, postmodern, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
infidelity, airport, self discovery, character study, chance meeting, parisian, freedom, intimate, loneliness, introspection, bittersweet, midlife crisis ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Heather is a young woman traveling Europe with friends before starting her perfectly planned life. A chance meeting with Jack sparks an unexpected romance that leads to deep emotional discovery. As secrets and life choices test their bond, her path ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, intercultural
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female nudity, chance meeting, coming of age, male nudity, self discovery, soul searching, personal growth, introspection, young adult, chemistry, bittersweet, slow burn ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Canada, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Pierre is a Montreal photojournalist who returns from Nicaragua to find that his ten-year menage a trois is over. Haunted by his mid-life crisis, he becomes obsessed with trying to find out why his two lovers, Sarah and David, have left him.
Plot:
male nudity, threesome, lgbtq, open relationship, polygamy, lgbt, photojournalism, nudity, unfaithfulness, bare breasts, female nudity, love triangle ...
Place:
nicaragua, montreal
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This movie goes through 12 significant nights (not consecutive nights) in a relationship between two characters. The movie offers some insight into the repetion involved in relationship cycles from interest through various tensions to eventual ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, breakup, couples, love, love affair, love story, couple relations, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, fall in love, in love ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, emotional, heartfelt, poignant, thrilling ...
Plot:
choice, travel, love, hopes, parent child relationship, responsibility, sacrifice, female protagonist, love interest, love affair, moral dilemma, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
utah
Similarity:
26%
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