Movies like The Man with the Magic Box

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The Man with the Magic Box (2017)
 5.6
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The Man with the Magic Box (2017)
Original name: Człowiek z magicznym pudełkiem
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Retro-futuristic timetravel-mystery.
Style: tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: unrequited love, in love, government agency, twists and turns, music, conspiracy, love and romance, time traveler, radio, manager, secretly observing, dystopian future, time travel, female nudity, cleaner, listening to a radio, future dystopia
Time: near future

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Most similar movies to The Man with the Magic Box

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, captivating, psychological and suspenseful films with plots about love and romance, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, love story, in love and couple relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Man with the Magic Box: Dead Frequency (2010), The Embalmer (2002), Carmen (2003), The Last Paradiso (2021), Majili (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dead Frequency (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Night radio host Sam is in love with Emily. Afraid of showing his feelings he rejects her advances - to a point. Plagued by alcohol addiction and depression, he also has a less worldly problem: He (and the others) are vampires who are keen to hide ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing
Plot: vampire, manager, radio, layoff, hopes, desperation, love triangle, agent, love, clan, depression, darkness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 7.0
 3K
The Embalmer (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Peppino is an aging taxidermist constantly ridiculed for being short and somewhat creepy. He meets Valerio, a handsome young man fascinated by Peppino's work. Peppino, in turn, becomes entranced by Valerio and offers him a large salary to come ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, serious, disturbing, neo noir ...
Plot: love triangle, taxidermy, unrequited love, dangerous attraction, gay, couples, obsession, love and romance, couple relations, friendship, gays and lesbians, boss ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.2
 176
Carmen (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A young and handsome prison guard falls in love with a beautiful lady-prisoner. She makes him hooked on sex and manipulates him into becoming a gang member. He kills and steals under her control.
Style: rough, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot: women in prison, honor, sex scene, fall in love, danger, rivalry, power relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, gypsy, women's prison, female nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
The Last Paradiso (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1950s Italy, a farmer's dream of improving workers’ living conditions collapses when he falls for a landowner's daughter. Based on true events.
Style: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: in love, lifestyle, male female relationship, tragic love, couple relations, romantic relationship, love affair, love story, love interest, fall in love, relationships, forbidden love ...
Time: 1950s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Movie in collections
 7.2
 5K
Majili (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Poorna fails to appreciate the blessings in his life due to his unfulfilled dream of a cricket career and a failed romance that changes him.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense thriller
Plot: unrequited love, male female relationship, love story, relationship problems, relationships, family relations, lifestyle change, changing lives, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.9
 3K
Style (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story: When a city-bred girl comes home to her village, she falls for the macho village boy and asks him out. As a passionate romance brews, the guy falls madly in love with her, but does she feel the same way? Or is it just a passionate summer fling?
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot: girlfriend, femme fatale, unfulfilled love, love interest, male female relationship, violence, tragic love, love triangle, in love, love affair, life is a bitch, unrequited love ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
A Beautiful Life (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Fang Zhen Dong (Liu Ye) is a patrolling officer in Beijing who one night meets the drunk Li Pei Ru (Shu Qi) while singing karaoke at the KTV place. Li Pei Ru is a real estate agent from Hong Kong who has vowed to make her fortune in the cosmoplitan ...
Style: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sincere
Plot: unrequited love, relationships, love and romance, mental breakdown, love triangle, male female relationship, in love, tragic love, romantic relationship, love affair, couples, love story ...
Place: east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Someday or One Day (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 72 min.
TV show
Story: Yu-Hsuan lost her boyfriend Chuan-Sheng in plane accident. She then discovered Chuan-Sheng and a girl look alike Yu-Hsuan both appeared in a photo taken in 1998. Accidentally, she had backed to 1998 and met a boy looked alike Chuan-Sheng.
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: time travel, body swapping, race against time, time traveler, saving a life, teenager, uncover truth, time warp, time loop, death threat, teenage life, time paradox ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, year 1999
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Movie in collections
 6.8
 2K
Bin Roye (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An ambitious girl seeks out her destiny and true love , when tables start to take a turn she meets a man who gives her a completely new perspective to life and love.
Style: romantic, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: love and romance, romantic relationship, relationships, romantic triangle, love triangle, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic friendship, romantic rivalry, love interest, love affair, conflict ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Needle in a Timestack (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A devoted husband will stop at nothing to save his marriage when it's destroyed by a time-traveling rival.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, enigmatic, futuristic
Plot: time travel, unrequited love, romantic rivalry, memories, tragic love, love triangle, romantic triangle, lovers apart, relationship problems, star crossed lovers, secret past, time portal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.8
 17K
Swan Song (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate.
Style: psychological, futuristic, disturbing, captivating, existential ...
Plot: love, illness, clone, moral dilemma, terminator, dystopian future, love and romance, father son relationship, father, husband wife relationship, cloning, family relations ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Third Way of Love (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story: "The Third Way of Love" tells the sad love story of Lin Qi Zheng, who is from a rich family, and Zhou Yu who is a smart and beautiful lawyer.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot: sister sister relationship, romantic triangle, star crossed lovers, relationship problems, love triangle, rich man, love affair, tragic love, unfulfilled love, male female relationship, family relations, sister ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 4.5
 790
AI Love You (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A modern love story set in the near future where an AI building is powered by human feelings. Due to a software glitch, it falls in love with a real girl, escapes the building into the body of a real man, and tries to win her affections.
Style: romantic, psychological, captivating
Plot: artificial intelligence, technology, love and romance, relationships, love story, relationship problems, escapades, mind control, romantic relationship, love affair, in love, forbidden love ...
Time: future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A young, aspiring filmmaker falls in love with a girl who moves into the house above his, but her sophisticated nature does more harm than good to him.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, romantic, feel good ...
Plot: unrequited love, tragic love, fall in love, young love, unfulfilled love, relationship vs career, couples, in love, love and romance, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, star crossed lovers ...
Time: year 2010
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
When It Comes Around (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dex is known around his office as one of the most successful players in the dating game. He gets a run for his money from the latest office recruit, Jerry Williams. After a wild ride of manipulation and crafty games, Jerry turns the tables. Dex ...
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: relationship vs career, manipulative woman, fall in love, love affair, manipulation, couple relations, relationships, manipulative behavior, in love, athlete and trainer, manager, male female relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 8.0
 1K
Secret Love (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A devoted woman makes the ultimate sacrifice for her boyfriend, only to learn that love doesn't always conquer all. Yoo Jeong is a sweet, upbeat person who has always stuck by her boyfriend, Ahn Do Hoon, all through school as he cared for a ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychological, lyrical
Plot: twists and turns, love and romance, false accusation, couple relations, revenge, unrequited love, betrayal, prison, accident, murder, other woman, unfulfilled love ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
A Horrible Woman (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When Rasmus meets Marie, he is certain that she is the love of his life. However, it doesn't take long before it turns out she is a possessive and manipulative being, that cunningly dissects Rasmus to pieces.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, disturbing
Plot: strong sexual content, emotional abuse, male objectification, sex scene, mental disorder, dream girl, dysfunctional relationship, couple relations, dishonesty, love and romance, fall in love, cheating girlfriend ...
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Hot Sweet Sour (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Murat and Duygu are deeply in love and when they graduate from College Murat takes the leap and asks Duygu for her hand in marriage but he doesn't get the answer he was looking for. They both agree that if they're both single in five years ...
Style: romantic, captivating, entertaining
Plot: unrequited love, love and romance, love story, relationships, love interest, romantic relationship, in love, change of luck, love affair, first love, couple relations, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 6.5
 758
Air Bridge (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Bruno and Amanda have to face the difficulties of a long distance relationship after meeting in a flight forced into an emergency landing.
Style: touching, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, romantic drama
Plot: relationships, sex, female nudity, death of father, long distance relationship, hospital, sex scene, love, young love, love and romance, romantic relationship, love affair ...
Place: rio de janeiro, sao paulo, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.8
 3K
Kanam (2022)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A struggling young musician, along with his two friends, with the help of a quantum physicist goes back in time to prevent the death of his mother. What happens next?
Style: captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: time travel, friend, past, time traveler, back in time, friends, time, time jump, friendship, sent to the past, scientist, telugu
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.6
 121
Fly High (2006)
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: It's school festival day and Min-hyuk is busy dancing and singing. However, it is not the stage but a toilet that binds his destiny. He is bewitched by a daring high school girl, Mi-hyun, who comes into the men's room because the ...
Style: psychological, captivating, romantic, disturbing
Plot: unrequited love, love and romance, love affair, male female relationship, relationship problems, love story, relationships, love interest, in love, unfulfilled love, fall in love
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.4
 688
Furia (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a desert town, sometime in the future, a repressive government regime restricts all forms of artistic expression. At night, Theo breaks the law, risking torture and death, to paint his work on public spaces. But when his lover Elia is arrested ...
Style: serious, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: distopia, painter, post apocalypse, rebellion, politics, desert, dystopia, female nudity, bare breasts, performer's life, anti hero, conspiracy ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 4.2
 642
Between Waves (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Even after his presumed death, Jamie continues to be visited by her lover Isaac, a quantum physicist, who pleads for her to join him in a parallel plane.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: quantum physics, parallel universe, male female relationship, female protagonist, alternate world, alternate universe, alternate reality, alternate dimension, parallel world, private investigation, scientist, love story ...
Place: portugal, atlantic ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Tonic Dominant (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Three days in the life of a young clarinetist (Fernando Alves Pinto), who is in love with a violinist (Vera Zimmerman), but can't get her attention. In the first day he feels alone and frail; in the second day what was supposed to be pleasant ...
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Plot: classical music, musician, violinist, musical performance, pianist, orchestra, love story, love and romance, love interest, music, musician's life, in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Márta, a 40-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man she loves. But she waits for him at the Liberty Bridge in vain - he does not appear at their ...
Style: captivating, romantic, anamorphic
Plot: love and romance, couple relations, relationship vs career, love affair, new job, fall in love, love interest, new life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, in love, male female relationship, new love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Closer to Heaven (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A funeral director meets a man who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease since he was young. The two fall in love and hope for a cure that can keep him alive.
Style: romantic, disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating
Plot: romantic relationship, love and romance, relationships, fighting illness, couple relations, male female relationship, love story, love affair, fall in love, in love, terminal illness, director ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The 100th Love with You (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: On July 27th, university student Aoi Hinata (Miwa) has an accident. When she wakes up, Aoi Hinata finds herself in a classroom from one week before the accident. At that time, her childhood friend Riku Hasegawa (Kentaro Sakaguchi) tells her "I ...
Style: touching, sentimental, thought provoking, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot: time travel, selflessness, love and romance, save the lady, sensuality, unspoken love, accidental death, music, declaration of love, back in time
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
A Courtesan with Flowered Skin (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, romantic, psychological, intense ...
Plot: love interest, prostitution, tragic love, star crossed lovers, love and romance, relationships, love affair, relationship problems, romantic relationship, couples, male female relationship, couple relations ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.4
 158
The Dam (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young man called Roman is working for an attorney. Roman has to travel to a small village in Bavaria, in order to get some files from a local police station. These files keep records about a high school massacre committed by a student a year ago. ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: school shooting, small town, secret, sole survivor, murder investigation, murder mystery, mass murder, small village, male female relationship, relationships, breakup, video chat ...
Place: munich germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.2
 247
Money or Love (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A car thief driven by a love of cash finds his priorities shift when he falls for a college student but his conversion has dangerous consequences.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense
Plot: stealing a car, fall in love, problem, love and romance, life is a bitch, dark past, love story, criminal, in love, couple relations, car trouble, romantic friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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