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The Falling (1998)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Karis (Nicole Oliver) is a clothing store owner who picks up a handsome music executive, Lars (Christopher Shyer), in a bar and immediately engages him in some very hot sex that leads to an ongoing physical relationship. One morning Lars encounters Morgan (Rob Lee) in Karis' kitchen; Morgan is her future ex-husband and a policeman with a violent temper who begins a campaign of intimidation to make Lars stop seeing Karis. But wait: 30 minutes into the movie the point-of-view changes to Morgan's, and we see he's not such a bad guy after all and that Lars is the hot-tempered villain. But wait: 30 minutes later the point of view switches to Karis, and it turns out that she hasn't been completely honest about things. Whose story is the real one?
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, experimental
Audience:
date night
Plot:
obsession, love triangle, true love, stalking, love and romance, couples, vengeance, infidelity, store, breakup, crumbling marriage, campaign, dishonesty, love, female nudity, businessman, male female relationship, night, flashback, multiple perspectives, nudity, nude, bar, nudity (full frontal - brief), romance
Time:
future
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and psychological films with plots about couples, love and romance, infidelity, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, love triangle and dishonesty mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Falling: Carmen (2005), You (2007), Plain Dirty (2002), Kiss Me Again (2010), Tre (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspense
Plot:
opera, murder, tragic love, vengeance, dangerous attraction, love triangle, love affair, crimes of passion, couples, obsession, destructive relationship, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
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184
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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212
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, emotional, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
love triangle, infidelity, love affair, couple relations, breakup, vengeance, downfall, introspection, jealousy, seduction, sex scene, romantic triangle ...
Time:
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23%
360
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In 1945 Spain a young man with Nazi contacts fell in love with a left wing family woman.
Style:
stylized, sentimental, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
nazism, love triangle, dangerous attraction, love affair, state affairs, dishonesty, political unrest, society, love and romance, couples, infidelity, betrayal ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
europe, spain, madrid
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mysterious stranger arrives in a small town community, leading the locals into greed, sex and murder.
Style:
realistic, serious, sexy, captivating
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, independent film, pre war
Plot:
love triangle, forbidden sex, love affair, brother in law, brother in law sister in law sex, romantic triangle, cupid, sensuality, hotwife, infidelity, womanizer, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, sexy
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love triangle, love affair, infidelity, passion, feeling, bittersweet, love and romance, opposites attract, fall in love, crumbling marriage, aging, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After 12 years, Sofía and Rímini decided to separate. While Rímini finds it easy to move on and start a new life, Sofía stays stuck in the past and constantly harasses him. She reappears again and again on Rímini's horizon to reconquer ...
Style:
serious, realistic, erotic, sexual, melancholic ...
Plot:
couples, breakup, family problems, crumbling marriage, obsession, introspection, downfall, love and romance, couple relations, unfulfillment, mentally unstable, sex scene ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Place:
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21%
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Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
21%
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Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
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248
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
20%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, sincere, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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510
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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429
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, sexual, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
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Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, united kingdom, britain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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