Movies like The Best Intentions

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The Best Intentions (1992)
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The Best Intentions (1992)
Original name: Den goda viljan
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Norway, Iceland
Duration: 180 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, beautiful ...
Plot: family relations, biopic, clergy, 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, forbidden love ...
Time: year 1992, 1900s
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, unfulfillment, family relations, family problems, fall in love and couple relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like The Best Intentions: Faithless (2000), Sofie (1992), Daybreak (2003), Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008), Sons & Lovers (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Faithless (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Norway
Duration: 154 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, atmospheric, lyrical, contemplative ...
Plot: adultery, infidelity, betrayal, fall in love, parenthood, custody, love affair, family problems, crumbling marriage, destructive relationship, rivalry, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: paris france, denmark, france
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95%
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Sofie (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 151 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: realistic, serious, talky, touching, sincere ...
Plot: girl, minimal dialogue, family relations, religions or cults, couples, family problems, couple relations, hopes, fall in love, society, love and romance, introspection ...
Time: year 1992, 19th century, 1880s
Place: europe, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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Daybreak (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 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: realistic, psychological, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot: infidelity, family problems, vengeance, crumbling marriage, love affair, parents and children, family relations, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, redemption, introspection ...
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)
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: love, forbidden love, love and romance, social differences, parents and children, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, fall in love, slum, favela, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, rio de janeiro, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Sons & Lovers (2003)
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: realistic, serious, romantic, sincere, period drama
Plot: family relations, self discovery, couples, family problems, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, parents and children, writer's life, crumbling marriage, love and romance, female nudity, death in the family ...
Time: edwardian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Sentimental Destinies (2000)
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, factory, love affair, social differences, divorce, society, fall in love, crumbling marriage, couples, tragic love, clergy, world war one ...
Time: 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929
Place: switzerland, france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Little Jerusalem (2005)
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, gloomy ...
Plot: self discovery, culture clash, society, lifestyle, love and romance, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, infidelity, social differences, youth, male female relationship ...
Place: middle east, paris france, france, europe, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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The Bridge (1999)
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: realistic, serious, gloomy, emotional, semi autobiographical
Plot: infidelity, fall in love, love triangle, midlife crisis, looking for love, parents and children, love affair, love and romance, couple relations, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, opposites attract ...
Time: year 1999, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Shadowlands (1986)
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, serious, realistic, talky, uplifting ...
Plot: writers, death, christianity, cancer, marriage, faith, poet, jesus, art, family relations, couples, disability ...
Time: year 1985
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
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, sentimental, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: midlife crisis, starting over, infidelity, love triangle, working class, breakup, dysfunctional family, extramarital affair, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, human nature ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Alexander the Last (2009)
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, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love and romance, human nature, family problems, love triangle, artists and showbiz, crumbling marriage, lifestyle, couple relations, actor's life, family relations, couples, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Sunday (1997)
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, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: diner, self discovery, hobo, tramp, homeless, couple relations, unfulfillment, friendship, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, society ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Three Sisters (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Laurence Olivier's film of Chekhov's play.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, rough, touching ...
Plot: family problems, family life, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, infidelity, small town, human nature, unfulfillment, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, death of father ...
Time: 1900s
Place: russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
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, captivating, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot: family relations, love triangle, love affair, teacher, obsession, fall in love, infidelity, unfulfillment, small town, social differences, family problems, love ...
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Sabah: A Love Story (2005)
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: serious, emotional, touching, realistic, islamic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, culture clash, social differences, love affair, society, fall in love, couples, family problems, older woman younger man relationship, family relations, muslim, interracial romance ...
Place: middle east, canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Istanbul (2011)
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, sentimental, touching
Plot: self discovery, love affair, life turned upside down, family problems, couples, family relations, fall in love, couple relations, love and romance, infidelity, parents and children, breakup ...
Time: 21st century
Place: budapest, istanbul turkey, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Jerusalem (1996)
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, serious, realistic, touching, epic ...
Plot: religion, scandinavian culture, religious fanaticism, world war one, brainwashing, marriage, emigration, young love, love, poverty, christianity, obsessive quest ...
Time: 19th century, year 1996
Place: palestine, holy land, middle east, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Marie-Jo and Her 2 Lovers (2002)
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, serious, psychological, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: fall in love, family relations, couples, family problems, couple relations, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, infidelity, cheating wife, parents and children, love triangle, polyamory ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: marseille, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Cafe Setareh (2006)
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, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: fall in love, human nature, unfulfilled love, couple relations, love and romance, hopes, family problems, society, couples, bittersweet, cafe, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Love Hurts (2002)
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, forbidden love, against the odds, social differences, poverty, wealth, fall in love, youth, society, young lovers, parents and children, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico city, mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Marie Kroyer (2012)
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, stylized, emotional, costume drama, realistic ...
Plot: painter, biopic, family problems, under the surface, mentally unstable, fall in love, crumbling marriage, self discovery, art, nordic, artist, art history ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century
Place: denmark, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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 468
Nuts for Love (2000)
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, sincere, emotional, talky ...
Plot: love affair, lovers reunited, social differences, couples, unfulfilled love, political unrest, destiny, love and romance, state affairs, politics, bittersweet, concert ...
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Torrents of Spring (1989)
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: serious, realistic, sexual, clever, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: true love, love, erotica, renaissance, estate, betrayal, love triangle, power relations, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, femme fatale ...
Time: 19th century, year 1989
Place: eastern europe, europe, germany, russia, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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The Magnificent Ambersons (2002)
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: emotional, atmospheric, touching, captivating, serious ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: family relations, downfall, mischievous children, family life, couples, family problems, love and romance, human nature, society, social differences, parents and children, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, edwardian era, 1890s
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Touch (1971)
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, realistic, serious, psychological
Plot: infidelity, love affair, crazy love, art, love story, nudity, affair, female nudity, church, wedding ring, hospital, extramarital affair ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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 2K
Tom & Viv (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The story of the marriage of the poet TS Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaeological and emotional problems and his growing fame.
Style: romantic, psychological, romantic drama, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: writers, women, art, poet, biopic, artist, love, marriage, insanity, mental disorder, nobel prize winner, world war one ...
Time: 1930s, year 1994, victorian era, 1910s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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The Playboys (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Ireland
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, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: love, circus, sin, society, fall in love, small town life, small town, social relations, human nature, pregnancy, beauty, theatrical troupe ...
Time: year 1992, 50s
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Lost in Time (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Sui Wai lost her fiance Ah Man in a car accident. With the obligations of life sitting heavy on her shoulders, she lives on only to find herself confiding in her beloved through a phone call. Dai Fai. a mini-bus driver who witnessed Ah Man's ...
Style: touching, serious, emotional, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: starting over, fall in love, love affair, love and romance, coping, couples, hopes, workplace, bittersweet, workplace romance, strong female presence, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 6.9
 197
Milan (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
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, society, dangerous attraction, couple relations, love and romance, travel, love, woman, wife ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, the philippines, europe, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Tiger and the Pussycat (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Comedy-drama about a middle-aged Italian businessman Vittorio Gassman who is married to Eleanor Parker and is innocently introduced one day to a schoolgirl with pigtails named Carolina. Years later, that young schoolgirl has become a vivacious ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, woman with a gun, redheaded woman, mistress, older man younger woman relationship, elderly, love and romance, self discovery, crumbling marriage, couple relations, unfulfillment, human nature ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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