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Paruthiveeran (2007)
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Paruthiveeran (2007)
Original name: பருத்திவீரன்
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: A village tough finally succumbs to the unconditional love of his angelic cousin, but his romance faces insurmountable challenges, including family opposition and his own delinquent personality.
Style: sentimental, serious, touching, emotional, realistic, feel good, epic, social, tragic ending, tragic
Plot: village, forbidden love, parents and children, fall in love, love affair, misfit, love and romance, village life, vengeance, uninhibited rivalry, wedding planning, arranged marriage, tragic love, family relations, rape, drifter, rivalry, social differences, society, petty criminal, family feud, violent content, love, violence, tragedy ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: india, asia
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and touching films with plots about love and romance, fall in love, love, family relations, society, forbidden love and parents and children mostly in Drama, Romance and Action genres. Some movies like Paruthiveeran: Love Is Blind (2013), Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004), Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein (2002), Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008), The Classic (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Love Is Blind (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Estonia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 30-year old Kertu has lived under her father's power her whole life. Because of her gentle nature, she is thought by locals to be a little simple-minded. The young woman makes her first timid attempt to change something in her life - she send a ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, touching, captivating
Plot: fall in love, forbidden love, social misfits, unlikely couple, society, parents and children, self discovery, village, village life, family relations, drunkenness, girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: estonia
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100%
Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
Story: The story of the love between Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, a Pakistani...a love so great it knows no boundaries...
Style: serious, atmospheric, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, impossible love, muslim, rescue, uncover truth, social differences, false accusation, love affair, against the odds, hopes, legal, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2004
Place: india, pakistan, asia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Born to Hate... Destined to Love (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: While fighting for the political supremacy of their respective families, a Hindu man and a Muslim woman share a forbidden romance.
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, romantic, tense ...
Plot: family relations, forbidden love, rivalry, vengeance, hopes, clan, family feud, danger, friendship, tragic love, love and romance, parents and children ...
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Two feuding neighbouring families are brought together to celebrate the wedding anniversary of Vishnupratap Singh (Vikram Gokhale) and his wife (Farida Jalal), much to the dislike of Rudra Pratap (Sharad Kapoor). During this get together Abhayendra ...
Style: suspense, captivating
Plot: family feud, villain turns good, family relations, family reunited, large family, canceled wedding, family problems, relationships, feud, male female relationship, star crossed lovers, mother son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
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53%
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The Classic (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Shy Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance ...
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sad ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: love triangle, fall in love, forbidden love, social differences, love affair, young lovers, society, youth, family relations, parents and children, diary, love ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Madras (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: A portrayal of the lives of the people living in North Madras, focusing on the politics inside the slums and how their plight remains the same, despite the political class luring them constantly during elections.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, disturbing, feel good ...
Plot: politics, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, society, betrayal, murder, state affairs, slum, buddies, urban, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Green Chariot (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Emigration to Israel challenges Sasha's Jewish identity. Will love help him to go over this crisis?
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental
Plot: fall in love, moral dilemma, love and romance, society, family relations, religions or cults, parents and children, immigrant, misfit, emigration, engagement, identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Under the Protection of Ka'Bah (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Growing up in West Sumatra in the 1920s, Hamid and Zainab comes from families from very different social classes. Hamid is poor, while Zainab is wealthy. Hamid receives a scholarship from Zainab’s father and Hamid’s mother works for Zainab’s ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, indonesian
Plot: forbidden love, fall in love, social differences, rich and poor, love and romance, youth, society, parents and children, teenage life, religions or cults, islam, love ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Dhammu (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Ramachandra (NTR) - an orphan wants to helps out people and make enough bank balance so that he can settle in life by marrying a girl of his choice. He falls in love with Ashwini (Trisha) at the first sight. He comes to know that a royal family from ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot: adoption, orphan, danger, social differences, fall in love, village life, love and romance, heroes, social relations, society, save the day, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Bombay (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A love story of a good-hearted Hindu man and a beautiful devout Muslim woman who leave their village to marry against the wishes of their parents and move to Bombay to start a fresh life. There they have twin sons and a daughter. But turmoil engulfs ...
Style: romantic drama, cult classic, patriotic, social, romantic ...
Plot: politics, family reunited, hindu, integration, war crime, islam, indians, music, village, journalism, forbidden love, twins ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, year 1992
Place: mumbai india, asia, india, bombay india
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45%
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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 ⇓
44%
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Pithamagan (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Pithamagan whirls around four characters. Chithan (Vikram) who is orphaned at a young age, devoid of all human contacts lives on his animal instincts and ekes out a living as a graveyard caretaker.He seems to exhibit behaviour consistent with autism ...
Style: realistic, rough, emotional, serious, tense ...
Plot: friendship, prison, savage, misfit, social misfits, buddies, vengeance, love, hindu, indians, emotionless, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
My Heart Is Yours (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 210 min.
Story: Some twenty years ago Sarita promised to raise her husband's love child (Shalu) together with their own daughter (Nimmi). The girls grow up as the best of friends but Sarita has never been able to forgive Shalu her background. It doesn't ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating, romantic drama
Plot: true love, sister sister relationship, forbidden love, love affair, unlikely couple, fall in love, family relations, parents and children, love triangle, rivals, hindu, secret admirer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Ram & Leela (2013)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in violent times.
Style: serious, touching, stylized, realistic, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, wooing, love affair, true love, love, marriage, death of lover, shakespeare, accidental killing, mother daughter relationship, tragedy, vengeance ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Happiness & Tears (2001)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story: Orthodox Indian, Raichand, would like his two sons to live together with him and his wife, and get married to girls' of his choice. One of his sons, Rahul, is adopted, while Rohan is his real son. Rahul falls in love with a poor Indian girl ...
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: forbidden love, reconciliation, father son relationship, love, wealth, brother brother relationship, unrequited love, separation from family, love and romance, couple relations, estrangement, parent child relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Partition (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, 38 year old Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Plot: interracial relations, sikh, love and romance, forbidden love, fall in love, couples, soldier, society, political unrest, social relations, village, muslim ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: pakistan, india, africa, middle east, south africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Cuckoo (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Visually-challenged Tamizh and Suthanthirakodi fall in love with each other, but her self-centred brother wants to marry her off to his friend, which leads to the lovers' separation. Can their love help them find each other?
Style: emotional, realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot: love and romance, blindness and impaired vision, friendship, disability, fall in love, love story, relationship vs career, couples, unfulfillment, journey, society, train travel ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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QsQT (1988)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Both Dhanraj Singh and Randhir Singh are two bitter and old time enemies. They faced a disastrous situation when there children, Raj and Rashmi falls deeply in love. They openly declares there hatred for one another and will do anything in there ...
Style: emotional, romantic, touching, romantic drama, mesmerizing ...
Plot: love affair, family relations, couples, love and romance, fall in love, tragic love, die, perfectionist, main character dies, death of protagonist, shakespeare, forbidden love ...
Time: 80s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Sometimes (1976)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story: A story spanning two generations, where two lovers are forced to marry against their will, but hold onto memories of their romance. Years later circumstances force them to confront their spouses, their children and each other.
Style: romantic, saga, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: true love, indians, rebel, unrequited love, love and romance, young lovers, fall in love, unfulfillment, step siblings, destiny, lovers apart, love triangle ...
Time: 20th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
A Rebel for Love (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Saajan is a college youth, enjoying his life, meets with Kajal the girl of his dreams at a brothel. Kajal is an innocent victim of Dhanraj, who runs this brothel. Saajan eventually falls in love with Kajal, but this love affair is not acceptable to ...
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: true love, prostitute, parents and children, fall in love, unlikely couple, love affair, love and romance, against the odds, society, protective male, father son relationship, practical joke ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Kadaikutty Singam (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Gunasingam, a family-loving farmer who hails from a small town, tries his best to keep his big family united despite him being misunderstood by many.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: farmer, family problems, male female relationship, relationship problems, parents and children, family disapproval, romantic relationship, fall in love, love story, forbidden love, love affair, love and romance ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 189 min.
Story: Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood ...
Style: romantic, touching, entertaining, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: wedding, fall in love, love and romance, patriarchy, train, love, forbidden love, trip, love story, opposites attract, family relations, tradition ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century
Place: india, switzerland, england, middle east, europe ...
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41%
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Awarapan (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Awarapan is the story of man called Shivam (Emraan Hashmi) who searched for joy but found nothing but pain and loneliness. It is the journey of a godless heartbroken lover who in order to escape from the ghosts of his tragic past dedicates himself ...
Style: romantic, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
A Married Woman (2005)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: They fall in love before they know its meaning, Lolita, orphaned at an early age & Shekhar, who reaches out & gives her the security she craves.They share joys & sorrows through childhood & adolescence,unknown to them ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, childhood sweetheart, family relations, couples, fall in love, couple relations, friendship, family problems, love affair, social differences, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: asia, india, kolkata
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.6
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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 ⇓
39%
Cherished Memories (2001)
Genre: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Raj Singh Puri has a very wealthy friend in Lalit Kumar Malhotra, and his wife, Nalini. After the passing away of his wife, Shalini, Raj has become more dependent on the Malhotras, and they have offered him support and solace in his time of need. ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, romantic
Plot: family relations, young lovers, fall in love, siblings relations, win over, parents and children, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, love, father daughter relationship, hindu, materialism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, london, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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My Kingdom (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In the 19th century, the Prince Regent of the Qing Dynasty orders the mass execution of the entire Meng clan. Before his beheading, the leader vows that his family will avenge this travesty of justice. Awaiting his death, a five-year-old Meng boy ...
Style: serious, exciting, sentimental, realistic, captivating ...
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Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.2
 337
Noorie (1979)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Noorie is a 1979 Hindi movie produced by Yash Chopra, and directed by Manmohan Krishna. Noorie (Poonam Dhillon) lives in the Bhaderwah valleys with her father, Ghulam Nabi (Iftekhar) and her dog Khairoo, she has a boyfriend Yusuf (Farooq Shaikh), ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot: bittersweet, wedding, couples, couple relations, love and romance, village life, life turned upside down, village, rape, suicide, loss of father, muslim ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.0
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Love Sublime (1978)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story: As Pandit Shyam Sunder prayed in Bhagwan Shivji's temple on the occasion of Janamashtami, his wife gives birth to a daughter, Rupa, and passes away, leaving her child to bear the brunt of being an ill-omen. Years later, Rupa burns her face from ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, stylized, sexual
Plot: women, village, bittersweet, couples, family relations, single parent, social misfits, love and romance, misfit, society, fall in love, parents and children ...
Time: 70s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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