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Echoes (1988)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Echoes is an American si-fi drama miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Maeve Binchy. It was produced for Channel 4 by Working Title Films in association with RTÉ.
Style:
melancholic, sentimental, reflective, mysterious, nostalgic
Plot:
class differences, coming of age, love triangle, bittersweet, literary, time travel, manhunt, school, pregnancy, obsession, university
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
ireland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, sentimental, romantic drama and emotional films and TV series with plots about bittersweet, coming of age, love triangle, love, friendship, class differences and urban mostly in Drama, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like Echoes: Love for Lydia (1977), Normal People (2020), Little Women (1970), Falling for a Dancer (1998), Memory of Encaustic Tile (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 780 min.
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This thirteen-part series explores just how painful love can be for young people. Would-be writer Edward Richardson is in love with heiress Lydia Aspen and wants her all to himself. Lydia professes to be in love with him, but her first love is ...
Style:
poignant, romantic, melancholic, reflective, costume drama ...
Plot:
heiress, young love, coming of age, heartbreak, jealousy, love triangle, bittersweet, literary, unrequited love, social class, romantic rivalry, flapper ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
england
Similarity:
95%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 28 min.
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Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other’s lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved. Adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel.
Style:
affectionate, romantic, romantic drama, touching, saga ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
star crossed lovers, university, love story, coming of age, secret relationship, sex scene, school, social misfits, passion, enemies to lovers, passionate love, sex ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 225 min.
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Adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel.
Style:
family saga, heartfelt, sentimental, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
coming of age, sisters, sisterhood, domestic drama, literary, civil war, gender roles, independent woman, mother and daughter, intimate, autobiography, bittersweet ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century, 1860s
Place:
new england, massachusetts
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 200 min.
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Romantic drama set in rural Ireland of the 1930s. The story begins when 19-year-old Elizabeth has a brief fling with an actor and falls pregnant. Community pressure forces her to marry a dull middle-aged man, but maybe there is hope on the horizon.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, pregnancy, couples, love and romance, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, society, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, love affair, tragic love, countryside ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
ireland, europe
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66%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
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Style:
psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling, poignant ...
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secret love, friends to lovers, friendship, coming of age, memory, relationship problems, fall in love, love affair, love interest, in love, couples, love and romance ...
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It is a love story of an orphan, named Kalyan, for two times in his life one with house owner's daughter Geetha and the another in past at college days with one of his classmate named Jaanu. While Priya stays his friend at the same period
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, heartfelt, sentimental, tear jerker ...
Plot:
love triangle, longing, college romance, sacrifice, friendship, coming of age, bittersweet, unrequited love, second chance, small town, teenage love, love at first sight ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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A five-part series of intertwining, semi-improvised love stories exploring the reality of love in the modern world.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sentimental, poignant ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love affair, couples, looking for love, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, dishonesty, bittersweet, infidelity, lesbian, desire, intimate, multiple perspectives ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
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Easter joins a northern Thai university to escape his past but reunites with his ex, Hill. Meanwhile, his roommate North faces chaos with his flirty creditor.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, tension, melancholic, intercultural
Plot:
university, second chance, friendship, college life, lgbtq, healing, coming of age, heartbreak, intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, jealousy ...
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56%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
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After losing his dream job, a burned-out artist falls between two men—a charming IT guy and a reclusive tycoon who hires him to be his public face.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
love triangle, burnout, creative block, mental health, male male relationship, soul searching, bittersweet, self discovery, introspection, urban, class differences, media manipulation ...
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53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
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Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches a vendetta against the family.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, period piece, gothic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
obsession, unfulfilled love, love affair, forbidden love, estate, social differences, love triangle, brother sister incest, revenge, corporal punishment, fall in love, true love ...
Time:
19th century, georgian era, victorian era, 18th century, regency period
Place:
england, europe, yorkshire
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Zheng Wei enters university with a crush on her neighbor Lin Jing, but he leaves to study abroad. She later falls for senior Chen Xiaozheng, who also eventually leaves. Years later, through love and loss, she learns the true meaning of happiness to ...
Style:
sincere, serious, sentimental, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
first love, coming of age, breakup, friendship, love triangle, college life, youth, friends, relationships, couple relations, couples, group of friends ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Every summer reunion between twin brothers and their neighbor blossoms into unspoken love, until adulthood and a past tragedy change their lives forever.
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, atmospheric, reflective ...
Plot:
bittersweet, summer romance, first love, coming of age, summer, tragedy, longing, nostalgia, grownups, brothers, neighbor, loss ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
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"I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful." A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto. His time with the ...
Style:
dorama, romantic drama, tear jerker, poignant, romantic ...
Plot:
first love, tragic love, terminal illness, high school, tragic romance, leukemia, loss, loss of loved one, grief, tragic past, love and romance, family tragedy ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
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Based on a hit Wattpad novel with more than 130 million reads. Luna and Kalix were still students, when their budding romance was cut short. Years after, fate finds a way for them to work together on a special project.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, captivating, romantic, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
university, smart female lead, second chance, young adult, relationships, law student, love and romance, love affair, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, student ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India, Bangladesh
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A rich man falls in love with an idealistic medical student. However, when circumstances force them apart, he learns the true meaning and value of love.
Style:
romantic drama, sentimental, dramatic, tear jerker, life affirming ...
Plot:
lost love, bittersweet, class differences, self discovery, heartbreak, class conflict, medical student, sacrifice, redemption, young adult, reconciliation, road trip ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
42%
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:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A love story between a simple guy and a music star fails, but suddenly he notices somebody else...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, sentimental, melancholic, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heartbreak, love triangle, bittersweet, unrequited love, second chance, personal growth, intimate, coming of age, urban, class differences, songwriter, slow burn ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 40 min.
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Based on Hashim Nadeem’s novel of the same name, the titular protagonist is born in unfortunate circumstances – a poor family of eleven people and dark skin. In a society obsessed with fair skin, he finds himself in start contrast with his name ...
Style:
melancholic, poignant, heartfelt
Plot:
identity, poverty, social commentary, class struggle, self discovery, loneliness, literary, empathy, unrequited love, friendship, humiliation, aspiration ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Serbia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Serbian drama "Wounded Eagle" is about true love story of long forgotten romances and some new ones, happening in a very romantic time between two world wars. Young woman and her passion.
Style:
period piece, romantic, emotional, historical drama, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
true love, passion, female protagonist, young woman, bittersweet, tragic romance, longing, lost love, intimate, forbidden love, unrequited love, memory ...
Place:
serbia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
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Born into a scholarly family, Huang Yimei grows up surrounded by care and affection, displaying artistic talent from a young age. Early in her career, she quickly gains recognition and meets her partner, Zhuang Guodong. They fall in love but ...
Style:
poignant, melancholic, romantic drama, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
resilience, personal growth, self discovery, bittersweet, women, female empowerment, intimate, terminal illness, divorce, soul mate, entrepreneurship
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
shanghai, beijing china
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 420 min.
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In 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Traveling from one city to the next, assisting at conjuring acts and disappearing acts, Richard comes to know ...
Style:
costume drama, melancholic, sentimental, entertaining, period drama
Plot:
theater, coming of age, magic trick, vaudeville, nostalgia, illusion, uncle nephew relationship, social change, entertainment industry, bittersweet, loss of innocence, escape ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, year 1914
Place:
britain
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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Story:
The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family, turns tumultuous in this modern interpretation of Wuthering Heights.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love affair, abuse, family relations, unfulfilled love, parents and children, society, human nature, life is a bitch, hopeless romantic, farm, young lovers, dysfunctional relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
From teen years to adulthood, two friends linked by warmth and tension grow apart — until one is asked to accompany the other through her final days.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, reflective, sentimental
Plot:
friendship, intimate, life & death, relationships, coming of age, female friendship, terminal illness, empathy, bittersweet, mourning, reconciliation, grief ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Ruler of Your Own World is an MBC Korean drama series. It was written by In Jung-ok and directed by Park Sung-soo.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
musician, trauma, pickpocket, terminal illness, fighting illness, male female relationship, love story, love interest, relationship problems, love affair, money problems, musician's life ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
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Style:
romantic drama, poignant, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden romance, moral ambiguity, desire, longing, passion, illicit affair, taboo, sexual tension, secrets, class differences, loneliness, second chance ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring her back.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, period piece, independent film
Plot:
coming of age, art student, young lovers, american abroad, european, urban, love triangle, class differences, bittersweet, identity crisis, travel, painting ...
Time:
60s, year 1963
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
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The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa on May 15, 1972, the day when Okinawa was returned to Japan from the U.S. Eleven years later, Kamimura Shizuko and her ...
Style:
asadora, sentimental, family saga, melancholic
Plot:
tragic love, relationship problems, family problems, love interest, romantic relationship, love affair, couples, male female relationship, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, death of brother ...
Place:
okinawa japan, tokyo
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 168 min.
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Story:
Adele Gereth has taken young Fleda Vetch under her wing. Adele is intensely houseproud, and sees a potential future mistress of the house in Freda, and an inheritor of her life's work.
Style:
melancholic, art house, period drama
Plot:
victorian england, country house, domestic drama, materialism, intimate, inheritance, legacy, adaptation, relic, literary, obsession, class differences ...
Time:
victorian era, 1870s
Place:
britain, england
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Asahi Mikuriya works at a photography studio, located near the sea. In the past, Asahi Mikuriya dreamed of becoming a famous photographer, but now he as a cameraman for weddings and school events. Asahi Mikuriya was also in love with a ...
Style:
romantic drama, sincere, captivating, disturbing, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, photography, coastal town, seaside, love affair, love story, romantic relationship, relationship problems, love interest, couple relations, photographer, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In an aerospace city in the north, seven children who were born an only child became closer than siblings and called themselves "The Big Dipper." They all promised to conquer the college entrance examinations so they can go to Beijing ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, best friend, flashback, classmate classmate relationship, nostalgia, coming of age, reunited friends, friends, problem, old friends reunited, bittersweet ...
Place:
beijing china, usa
Similarity:
33%
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