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The Best Intentions (1992)
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Original name: Den goda viljan
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Norway, Iceland
Duration: 182 min.
Story:
The story of Ingmar Bergman's parents. In 1909, poor theology student Henrik Bergman falls in love with Anna Åkerbloom, the daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After their wedding Henrik becomes a priest in the north of Sweden. After a few years Anna can't stand living in the rural county with the uncouth people. She returns to Uppsala, Henrik stays in the north.
Style:
sincere, manga, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative, talky, gloomy, period drama ...
Plot:
family relations, clergy, biopic, forbidden love, religion, art history, nordic, scandinavian culture, wedding, parents and children, love and romance, fall in love, couples, dysfunctional family, self discovery, love affair, social differences, society, infidelity, family problems, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, couple relations, love, student ...
Time:
1900s, year 1992
Place:
eastern europe
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Most similar movies to The Best Intentions
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about love and romance, couples, family relations, family problems, unfulfillment, couple relations and fall in love mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like The Best Intentions: Sofie (1992), Faithless (2000), Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008), Sentimental Destinies (2000), The Bridge (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
From 1886 to 1907 in the life of Sofie, a Jew in Copenhagen who is nearly 29, with no marital prospects, living with her loving parents
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
arranged marriage, girl, minimal dialogue, family relations, nudity, religions or cults, family problems, couples, couple relations, crumbling marriage, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1992, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Norway
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne moves in with her lover. But she is tormented by ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, lyrical, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, betrayal, fall in love, parenthood, custody, love affair, family problems, destructive relationship, crumbling marriage, rivalry, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, denmark, tokyo
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77%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love, love and romance, social differences, parents and children, couples, family relations, life is a bitch, fall in love, slum, favela, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
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72%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
family business, divorce, love affair, social differences, society, crumbling marriage, fall in love, couples, clergy, world war one, priest, businessman ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929 ...
Place:
switzerland, paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Actor Gerard Depardieu co-directed this drama about a married woman who falls in love with another man. Mina is a movie buff with a husband, Georges, who's out of work, and a 15-year-old son, Tommy. While Mina works part-time as a domestic for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy, semi autobiographical
Plot:
forbidden love, fall in love, infidelity, crumbling marriage, couple relations, unfulfillment, love and romance, opposites attract, couples, dull life, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
year 1999, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, normandy
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Stephen Whittaker adapts author D.H. Lawrence's simmering tale of sex, love, and family. In the years leading up to World War I, the problems faced by many families were uncannily similar to the issues that mankind would still be ...
Style:
serious, realistic, romantic, sincere, period drama
Plot:
female nudity, skinny dipping, family relations, self discovery, family problems, couples, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, writer's life, crumbling marriage, love and romance ...
Time:
edwardian era
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, vengeance, crumbling marriage, family problems, parents and children, love affair, dishonesty, redemption, introspection, couple relations, couples, family relations ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A play based on the friendship between CS Lewis and Joy Gresham.
Style:
christian film, realistic, serious, talky, uplifting ...
Plot:
writers, poet, jesus, art, death, faith, christianity, cancer, marriage, friendship, biopic, family problems ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
61%
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429
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of two couples - each with their own struggles to survive as a couple and as individuals. After living in London for a few years, Rahul and Nandita have recently moved back to Kolkata and become friends with Amit and Preeti. It is the ...
Style:
serious, emotional, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
couple relations, love and romance, friendship, friends, crumbling marriage, family relations, infidelity, best friend, dishonesty, family problems, couples, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, england, kolkata, asia, europe ...
Similarity:
61%
734
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
diner, homeless, self discovery, hobo, tramp, society, couple relations, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, dishonesty, love and romance, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man. She's Muslim, he's not. Unbeknownst to her family, she goes on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, islamic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
forbidden love, culture clash, interracial romance, love affair, social differences, couples, family problems, fall in love, society, muslim, male female relationship, family relations ...
Place:
middle east, canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An orthodox Jewish teen living with her family in France attempts to balance her religious upbringing with her increasingly complex view of the outside world.
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
self discovery, culture clash, lifestyle, love and romance, society, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, social differences, infidelity, youth, male female relationship ...
Place:
middle east, paris france, france, europe, israel
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Laurence Olivier's film of Chekhov's play.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, rough, sincere ...
Plot:
family problems, family life, society, love and romance, life is a bitch, small town, infidelity, human nature, unfulfillment, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, death of father ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently widowed mother rekindles her relationship with the wealthy Eugene Morgan, who she left decades earlier in order to marry George's father. As ...
Style:
touching, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
family relations, downfall, mischievous children, family life, family problems, couples, love and romance, society, human nature, parents and children, dysfunctional family, social differences ...
Time:
1900s, 19th century, edwardian era, 1890s, 20th century
Place:
america
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
Style:
mumblecore, serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love and romance, human nature, family problems, love triangle, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz, actor's life, lifestyle, couple relations, couples, family relations, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Julien and Emma are brother and sister, living in rural France with their father, who writes children's books. Julien is a gifted pianist but the loss of his mother has sucked the joie de vivre out of him; his best friend Alice knows it ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love affair, fall in love, starting over, love and romance, hopes, teenage life, couples, human nature, family problems, gays and lesbians, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Marie Krøyer is hailed as “the most beautiful woman in Europe” and leads a happy marriage life with her husband the great Danish painter P.S. Krøyer and an adorable daughter. However, not everything in her world is as perfect as it seems, and ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, stylized, costume drama, serious ...
Plot:
painter, biopic, family problems, under the surface, mentally unstable, crumbling marriage, self discovery, fall in love, art, nordic, artist, art history ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century
Place:
denmark, italy, europe
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, sentimental, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
midlife crisis, starting over, love triangle, infidelity, extramarital affair, dysfunctional family, working class, breakup, love affair, human nature, couple relations, hopes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
washington state, seattle
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In 1840, a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, is returning home after a long tour of Europe. In Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful pastry shop girl, Gemma Rosselli, who soon starts sharing his feelings. They decide to get married and, ...
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
true love, renaissance, forbidden love, love, erotica, betrayal, estate, love triangle, crumbling marriage, femme fatale, dishonesty, master and servant ...
Time:
19th century, year 1989
Place:
eastern europe, russia, germany, europe, venice
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, family problems, unfulfilled love, society, human nature, couple relations, love and romance, couples, bittersweet, life is a bitch, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Renata is a young high-class girl and Ulises is a poor guy. They both fall in love, but they must fight against everyone, specially Renata's rich parents, who want to stop their love by sending her to Canada. The story remarks the difference ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
teenage love, poverty, wealth, social differences, forbidden love, against the odds, young lovers, youth, society, fall in love, parents and children, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico city, mexico, latin america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
En 1975, unos meses antes del comienzo de la dictadura militar argentina, Alicia y Marcelo se conocen en un concierto de Sui Géneris. El amor surge inmediatamente entre ellos, pero el retorno del novio de Alicia provoca la separación. En 1982, en ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, sincere, talky ...
Plot:
love affair, lovers reunited, social differences, couples, unfulfilled love, destiny, political unrest, state affairs, love and romance, politics, bittersweet, concert ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (French: Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
emotional, sincere, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
cheating wife, fall in love, skinny dipping, family relations, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage, couple relations, dishonesty, infidelity, parents and children, polyamory ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
marseille, europe, france
Similarity:
47%
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236
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Netherlands, Ireland, Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Housewife Katalin Munk (Johanna ter Steege) has her world torn apart when her lecturer husband János (Andor Lukáts) arrives home to tell her that he’s leaving her for a younger student of his. Katalin falls into a state of shock and wanders ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental
Plot:
self discovery, life turned upside down, love affair, couples, family relations, family problems, love and romance, couple relations, fall in love, parents and children, breakup, mental breakdown ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
budapest, istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
religion, emigration, young love, marriage, love, religious fanaticism, brainwashing, world war one, scandinavian culture, christianity, poverty, village life ...
Time:
19th century, year 1996
Place:
palestine, holy land, europe, middle east, eastern europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops ...
Style:
serious, psychological, sexual, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
teacher, family relations, love triangle, love affair, fall in love, obsession, infidelity, unfulfillment, family problems, social differences, small town, student ...
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home.
Style:
art house, independent film, psychological, realistic, serious
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, nudity, affair, female nudity, extramarital affair, wedding ring, archaeologist, church, physician, hospital, art ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, london
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, ...
Style:
melancholic, sincere, serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
couples, infidelity, crumbling marriage, marriage, adultery, family relations, pregnancy, family life, sister sister relationship, love and romance, siblings relations, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, east asia, paris france, tokyo
Similarity:
39%
224
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines, Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Loving husband Lino is on a mission: His wife, who works as a domestic in Milan, is missing and he's determined to find her. To do so, he enters Italy illegally and takes cover as one of the hundreds of Filipino migrant workers wh make their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, tagalog ...
Plot:
missing person, fall in love, couples, infidelity, couple relations, society, dangerous attraction, love and romance, travel, wife, woman, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, the philippines, europe, milan italy
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
love, sin, circus, society, fall in love, small town life, small town, social relations, human nature, pregnancy, beauty, theatrical troupe ...
Time:
50s, year 1992
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
38%
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