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Life Itself (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, sad, psychological, romantic, disturbing, inspirational, emotional, smart, cult classic ...
Plot:
pregnancy, marriage proposal, tragic event, estranged couple, jealousy, relationships, trauma, love story, love triangle, orphan, child abuse, car accident, death of mother, dead father, traumatic childhood, husband wife relationship, parent child relationship, couple relations, love, romantic relationship, pregnancy and birth, parents and children, family life, love and romance, love affair ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, andalusia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, romantic, psychological and disturbing films with plots about relationships, love story, couple relations, love and romance, male female relationship, romantic relationship and love affair mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Life Itself: Mother and Child (2009), Resisting Roots (2022), Brooklyn Love Stories (2019), Sugar Times (2001), Bin Roye (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks ...
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sincere, talky, sad, captivating, indie film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
adoption, teenage pregnancy, women, female pubic hair, lawyer, pregnancy, female nudity, hopes, bare breasts, extramarital affair, teenage mother, promiscuous woman ...
Time:
year 2009, year 1973, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic
Plot:
male female relationship, love story, romantic relationship, true love, in love, love and romance, love, multiple storylines, love affair, relationship problems, couple relations, fall in love ...
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30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Miguel is a child that loves her neighbour Ángela and enjoy working in the pastry-cook's shop of his family. He don't tell Ángela his feelings, and when they grow Ángela marry with another man and has two sons with him, but she ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, romantic, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, unrequited love, love triangle, romantic friendship, love and romance, love affair, male female relationship, love story, romantic relationship, couple relations, true love, family problems ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An ambitious girl seeks out her destiny and true love , when tables start to take a turn she meets a man who gives her a completely new perspective to life and love.
Style:
romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
love triangle, love and romance, romantic triangle, relationships, romantic relationship, male female relationship, romantic rivalry, fall in love, relationship problems, female protagonist, romantic friendship, conflict ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An enigmatic outsider living on a remote Scottish island finds herself caught between her minister husband and the delinquent who is sent to live with them.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, enigmatic
Plot:
romantic relationship, love triangle, love interest, romantic triangle, family problems, marital problem, marital crisis, male female relationship, love affair, island, husband wife relationship, love and romance ...
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Shahjahan is about a man (Vijay) who helps out two lovers. He later realizes that he has been helping his friend Krishna to fall in love with the girl that he is in love with. But Vijay swallows his 'love' and beats up the villains in town ...
Style:
captivating, romantic, psychological, thrilling, sad
Plot:
love triangle, unspoken love, love, romantic triangle, romantic relationship, couples, love interest, male female relationship, couple relations, love and romance, relationships, love affair ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In a love triangle that miraculously mirrors her mother's romance years ago, a young woman let's her heart lead.
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love triangle, relationships, love interest, love story, love affair, family relations, romantic relationship, romantic triangle, romantic rivalry, star crossed lovers, couple relations, relationship problems ...
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Fang Zhen Dong (Liu Ye) is a patrolling officer in Beijing who one night meets the drunk Li Pei Ru (Shu Qi) while singing karaoke at the KTV place. Li Pei Ru is a real estate agent from Hong Kong who has vowed to make her fortune in the cosmoplitan ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, sincere
Plot:
unrequited love, relationships, love and romance, romantic triangle, in love, mental breakdown, love triangle, love story, love interest, romantic relationship, relationship problems, fall in love ...
Place:
east asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
While in Azerbaijan, Layla, an Indonesian scholar, falls for Samir, an admirer of her work — but her arranged marriage stands in the way.
Style:
captivating, romantic, disturbing, psychological, indonesian
Plot:
forbidden love, marriage, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, family problems, love and romance, couple relations, marriage crisis, male female relationship, love story, fall in love, love affair ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Popular wisdom tells us that love heals all wounds. Frankie (Amy Seimetz) is an emotional train wreck, careening around the East Los Angeles music scene drinking and meeting strangers. Lev (Bret Roberts) is a taciturn and tormented soul. He drives a ...
Style:
psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
relationships, music business, male female relationship, loneliness, country music, singer, romantic relationship, couple relations, love and romance, opposites attract, in love, love story ...
Place:
pittsburgh, california
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a Danish chef travels to Tuscany to sell his father's business, he meets a local woman who inspires him to rethink his approach to life and love.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, romantic, feel good
Plot:
chef, romantic relationship, love story, lifestyle change, couple relations, fall in love, male female relationship, introspection, changing lives, romantic friendship, in love, love and romance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
tuscany, italy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A boy and a girl who have wildly divergent personalities yet share the name, Alex Reyes, decide to team up for a cycling contest. But while female Alex is focused on winning the prize money, male Alex is more concerned with his parents breaking up. ...
Style:
sincere, romantic, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
love, romantic friendship, love affair, father daughter relationship, male female relationship, love story, couples, couple relations, relationships, love and romance, romantic relationship, fall in love ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
29%
565
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Sandhya (Kajal Aggarwal) is a student who is madly in love with Karthik (Ravi Teja), a techie based in Italy. She decides to travel with him to India, confident that the travel time would be enough for her to get Karthik to fall in love. Karthik ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, satirical, captivating
Plot:
male female relationship, couple relations, relationship problems, star crossed lovers, fight, couples, love story, tragic love, satire, relationships, fall in love, love triangle ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A true love story that spans a lifetime but eventually results in a painful loss of love. Jan is the daughter of an overly protective militant father, but that doesn't stop her from falling love with Steve, a young GI in the Air Force.
Style:
disturbing, romantic, captivating, psychological, christian film
Plot:
true love, soldier, unfulfilled love, star crossed lovers, tragic love, love story, couple relations, couples, in love, relationships, family disapproval, male female relationship ...
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29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic, emotional
Plot:
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28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, romantic drama, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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162K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
sad, romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, 9/11, relationships, death in the family, family drama, love, suicide, young love, loss of sibling, love and romance, dealing with death, death ...
Time:
year 2010, september 11 2001, 2010s, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
new york, iran, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams. From the innocence of a childhood friendship, through adolescent attraction, their love strengthens and grows. ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, thought provoking, touching, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Story:
To Noora with Love is a 2014 Malayalam film directed by Babu Narayanan and produced by Mohammed Ansar under the banner of Don Bros.
Style:
romantic drama, romantic, captivating, emotional, medical drama ...
Plot:
love story, husband wife relationship, pregnancy, love and romance, health situation, family relations, pregnant wife, health, pregnant woman, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, couple relations ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
relationships, swinger, swingers, love and romance, jealousy, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, relationship problems, love interest, love triangle, romantic relationship, marital problem ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Torn between toxic marriages, Narendra, a renowned actor, and his co-star Parvathi fall in love and desire escape, freedom, and a peaceful life together. However, their love affair runs into trouble owing to a conspiracy.
Style:
romantic drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
love, extramarital affair, forbidden love, couples, relationship problems, male female relationship, fall in love, in love, problem, relationships, love interest, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
28%
174
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Taro is a 12-year-old into baseball and radio, especially "Music Express," a song-request show. Sound quaint? But it is 1977 and a small town in Hokkaido, a more innocent, pure-hearted time and place, we are told. Taro, however, has a ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, romantic
Plot:
love story, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, teen romance, love interest, couple relations, illness, couples, fighting illness, radio, love and romance ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, emotional, psychological, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
marriage, depression, dysfunctional family, couple relations, lust, husband wife relationship, passion, crumbling marriage, sexual content, lovers, love story, sex ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, brooklyn new york city, florida
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Aura and Gael's passionate new love is quickly overshadowed by horrible news: Aura is diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Gael decides to stay in the relationship and support her, but don Julio, her father, deeply concerned about his ...
Style:
psychological, romantic, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
young couple, cancer, couple relations, romantic relationship, love and romance, male female relationship, relationship problems, love story, father daughter relationship, family relations, couples, family problems ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Shiva is just looking to sow some wild oats before settling down, until he falls in love with his beautiful neighbor.
Style:
romantic drama, entertaining, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
punjabi, love triangle, love and romance, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love affair, relationship problems, couples, romantic relationship, in love, fall in love ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Emmi would like to cancel her subscription to "Like" magazine via e-mail. But due to a typo, her messages land in Leo Leike’s inbox. When Emmi repeatedly sends mails to the wrong address, Leo decides to inform her of her mistake. This ...
Style:
realistic, romantic, emotional, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love story, couple relations, romantic relationship, in love, love affair, love and romance, male female relationship, relationships, unhappy marriage, wedding ceremony, fall in love, introspection ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
An under-aged couple fall in love, face opposition from the girl's wealthy parents, elope, and go on the run from the police.
Style:
romantic, disturbing, captivating, sincere, entertaining
Plot:
teenager, teenage love, teen romance, pregnant teenager, fall in love, family disapproval, romantic friendship, friendship, couples, pregnancy, love, rich and poor ...
Time:
year 2009
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A story about unrequited love – the shapes it takes, the ways it changes us, and the exhilarating and often heartbreaking ride it takes us on. It is the journey of three characters – Shiv, Bani, and Majaz, on how their lives intertwine and ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, romantic drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, punjabi, unrequited love, heartbreak, bittersweet, heartache, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love affair, love story, couples, couple relations ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Pedro Almodovar production in which a fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies with out telling her family of her illness.
Style:
contemplative, touching, philosophical, romantic, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, secret love, cancer, love and romance, existentialism, death, hospital, illness, relationships, love story, dealing with death, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
27%
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