Movies like Life Itself

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Life Itself (2018)
 6.9
 24K
Life Itself (2018)
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, tragic event, estranged couple, marriage proposal, jealousy, suicide, relationships, love story, love triangle, orphan, child abuse, car accident, death of mother, dead father, dead mother, trauma, traumatic childhood, husband wife relationship, parent child relationship, couple relations, love, romantic relationship, pregnancy and birth, parents and children, family life ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, andalusia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic, captivating, psychological and disturbing films with plots about couple relations, relationships, love story, love and romance, male female relationship, love affair and romantic relationship mostly in Drama, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like Life Itself: Mother and Child (2009), Resisting Roots (2022), Brooklyn Love Stories (2019), Bin Roye (2015), My Girl and I (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mother and Child (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
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 ...
Style: sincere, emotional, realistic, talky, sad ...
Plot: adoption, women, pregnancy, lawyer, family relations, teenage pregnancy, existentialism, manipulation, parents and children, estrangement, hopes, unfaithfulness ...
Time: year 2009, year 1973, 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Resisting Roots (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Genevieve Harper makes the most out of raising her two siblings after their parents' tragic accident. At just 24, Viv has devoted herself to providing her family with the best life possible, sacrificing her own dreams along the way. When Trent ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, romantic
Plot: baseball, siblings, relationships, love and romance, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love interest, love affair, love story, fall in love, couple relations, romantic friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Brooklyn Love Stories (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: What do a young graffiti artist, a middle-aged widow, a teenage poet, a vampire, and two lovers stuck in separate timelines have in common? Though their paths don't always cross, their lives unfold in Brooklyn's vibrantly multicultural ...
Style: romantic, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: relationship problems, multiple storylines, male female relationship, love story, in love, love, love and romance, true love, love affair, romantic relationship, couple relations, fall in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.8
 2K
Bin Roye (2015)
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, disturbing, captivating
Plot: love and romance, romantic relationship, relationships, romantic triangle, love triangle, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic friendship, romantic rivalry, love interest, love affair, conflict ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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My Girl and I (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Su-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For some unknown reason, Su-eun has a crush on the boy, and for equally mysterious reasons she rescues Su-ho in the sea (though he doesn’t know who ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: love, tragic love, asian, couple relations, teenager, love and romance, unfulfilled love, saving a life, relationship problems, romantic relationship, male female relationship, couples ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Closer to Heaven (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A funeral director meets a man who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease since he was young. The two fall in love and hope for a cure that can keep him alive.
Style: romantic, disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating
Plot: romantic relationship, love and romance, relationships, fighting illness, couple relations, male female relationship, love story, love affair, fall in love, in love, terminal illness, director ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
A Beautiful Life (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 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, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sincere
Plot: unrequited love, relationships, love and romance, mental breakdown, love triangle, male female relationship, in love, tragic love, romantic relationship, love affair, couples, love story ...
Place: east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.8
 223
Classic Again (2020)
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: disturbing, captivating, psychological, romantic
Plot: romantic triangle, love interest, love and romance, relationship problems, love triangle, family problems, romantic rivalry, star crossed lovers, love story, relationships, love affair, in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Hello, It's Me (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two years after her husband dies in a sudden accident, Annie and her two children are left to cope with the loss. Annie can't imagine falling in love again, until she meets a wealthy bachelor who is drawn to her free spirit. Afraid to love ...
Style: romantic, captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional
Plot: talking to the dead, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, new love, single mother, female protagonist, love and romance, in love, fall in love, relationships, love story, lifestyle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.7
 10K
Toscana (2022)
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: romantic, psychological, disturbing, captivating, feel good
Plot: chef, family business, self discovery, relationship problems, marital problem, introspection, love, love and romance, relationships, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love affair ...
Time: 2020s
Place: tuscany, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
I've Fallen for You (2007)
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: disturbing, romantic, captivating, sincere
Plot: love, love affair, father daughter relationship, romantic friendship, love story, fall in love, couple relations, romantic relationship, relationships, in love, male female relationship, love and romance ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Silent Storm (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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, marital problem, male female relationship, family problems, romantic triangle, marital crisis, love interest, relationships, female protagonist, marriage, love and romance ...
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.2
 400
9 Full Moons (2013)
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, captivating, romantic, disturbing
Plot: relationships, music business, male female relationship, loneliness, country music, singer, love story, love and romance, in love, couple relations, romantic relationship, opposites attract ...
Place: pittsburgh, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Sunrise in Heaven (2020)
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, captivating, psychological, romantic, christian film
Plot: star crossed lovers, couples, family disapproval, male female relationship, tragic love, in love, love affair, love story, romantic relationship, relationships, true love, love interest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 4.7
 196
Priyasakhi (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Sakhi, a car company manger, falls in love with Priya, a model. They decide to get married, but their different family backgrounds seem to ruin their relationship.
Style: romantic, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: family relations, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, relationships, male female relationship, love interest, romantic relationship, fall in love, in love, husband wife relationship, romantic friendship ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.1
 155K
Remember Me (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws ...
Style: touching, sad, romantic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: love story, 9/11, relationships, death in the family, suicide, family drama, teenager, young love, loss of sibling, love and romance, love, dealing with death ...
Time: year 2010, september 11 2001, 2010s, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place: new york, iran, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Padi Padi Leche Manasu (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story: A young couple navigates through the highs and lows of a budding relationship.
Style: suspense, romantic, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: couples, love story, love and romance, love affair, male female relationship, relationships, in love, fall in love, social problems, romantic relationship, couple relations, lifestyle ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.3
 210K
Blue Valentine (2010)
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: touching, romantic, psychological, emotional, sad ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: marriage, dysfunctional family, depression, couple relations, lust, crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, love story, marital problem, relationships, alienation, strong sexual content ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, pennsylvania, usa, florida, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.3
 429
Boy Bye (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Veronica Love seems to have it all...she's smart, sassy and sexy and has a career as one of the most successful real estate entrepreneurs in California. Affectionately known as Love by her girlfriends Beverly and Charity, Love also happens to ...
Style: psychological, captivating, romantic, disturbing, romantic comedy
Plot: black, female protagonist, couples, fall in love, romantic relationship, love and romance, love interest, love affair, male female relationship, relationships, couple relations, in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.1
 990
New Life (2016)
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, rough, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: best friends in love, cancer, car accident, childhood friend, relationships, french girl, romantic relationship, childhood love, couples, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic event ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Truth or Dare (2016)
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: captivating, psychological, suspense, romantic, disturbing
Plot: cancer, male female relationship, couple relations, love and romance, romantic relationship, young couple, in love, illness, family disapproval, relationship problems, love story, couples ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Don't Forget I Love You (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Taylor is a successful woman whose job is her life. Her thirtieth birthday arrives, where it turns out that her previously deceased mother has placed various tasks for her in a time capsule. They are the basis for stepping out of your comfort zone ...
Style: disturbing, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: new neighbor, awkward situation, surprise, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, male female relationship, love affair, lifestyle change, in love, love story, romantic relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
My Life Without Me (2003)
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: sad, touching, contemplative, philosophical, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: terminal illness, cancer, secret love, illness, love and romance, dealing with death, death, parents and children, infidelity, hospital, relationships, love story ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Alone Together (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Strangers June and Charlie have to learn to coexist when they accidentally book the same Airbnb to get away from the pandemic. Alone Together is the ultimate New York lockdown love story.
Style: captivating, psychological, romantic, disturbing
Plot: pandemic, quarantine, male female relationship, bonding, couple relations, living together, relationships, love and romance, romantic relationship, couples, food critic, love affair ...
Place: new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.7
 50K
Purple Hearts (2022)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.
Style: romantic, disturbing, rom com, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens
Plot: marriage of convenience, love story, romantic relationship, love, fall in love, dream, couple relations, relationships, love affair, in love, male female relationship, musician ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Teree Sang: A Kidult Love Story (2009)
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
Plot: teenager, teenage love, teen romance, romantic friendship, family disapproval, pregnant teenager, fall in love, romantic relationship, friendship, love affair, love, couple relations ...
Time: year 2009
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Lead with Your Heart (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Ben and Maura have been married for years, and they are in a rut…so much of a rut that they are contemplating if it would be better to live separate lives. That’s when their two teenage children step in and scheme to try to get them back ...
Style: romantic, captivating, emotional
Plot: husband wife relationship, love and romance, relationship problems, marital problem, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, small town life, relationships, couple relations, family problems, romantic relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
After Ever Happy (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: As a shocking truth about a couple's families emerges, the two lovers discover they are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin — any more than he is the cruel, moody boy ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense, romantic
Audience: chick flick
Plot: love, teenage crush, infatuation, lovers, relationships, couple relations, family secret, friendship, love and romance, relationship problems, love story, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.9
 1K
Dreamy Eyes (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Mắt Biếc (Dreamy Eyes) tells the story of the one-sided love of Ngan for Ha Lan — his childhood friend.
Style: romantic, captivating, disturbing, sincere
Plot: love and romance, love story, couple relations, relationships, love affair, romantic friendship, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, romantic relationship, true love, love
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Breaking Ice (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Singapore
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China's northern border, young urbanite Haofeng, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, romantic
Plot: relationships, romantic triangle, problem, male female relationship, love triangle, love story, couple relations, love and romance, couples, in love, star crossed lovers, lifestyle ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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