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Door to the Night (2013)
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Door to the Night (2013)
Original name: 야관문 : 욕망의 꽃
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After the death of his wife, Jong-Sub (Kang Shin Sung Il) raised his son alone. He lost his son in a car accident. Since the death of his son, Jong-Sub lived all alone. He retired from his job as a principle. Jong-Sub is then diagnosed with colon cancer and learns he has only 6 months left to live. All his desire to live is gone, but he still wants to keep his dignity. Jong-Sub tries to hire a caregiver. A woman named Yeon-Hwa (Bae Seul-Ki) comes to him. She is beautiful, but looks sad. Watching Yeon-Hwa, Jong-Sub sees his dead wife. He is shaken by her and wants to live more with her. Jong-Sub realizes he loves her and faces a truth he can't believe.
Style: sincere, captivating, suspense
Plot: caregiver, cancer, cancer patient, terminal illness, nursing, illness, life is a bitch, sick, male female relationship, relationship problems, love story, fighting illness, employer employee relationship, love interest, tragic event, family tragedy, tragic romance, female nudity, older man younger woman relationship, disease, deep cleavage

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and romantic films with plots about relationships, male female relationship, love affair, love story, couple relations, relationship problems and love and romance mostly in Romance, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Door to the Night: More than Blue (2018), Never Said Goodbye (2016), A Thousand Days' Promise (2011), Gabriel's Rapture: Part Two (2022), Russian Mom (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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More than Blue (2018)
Genre: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A terminally ill man sets up his best friend, whom he has loved since high school, so that she will not be lonely after he passes away.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, sincere, psychological
Plot: terminal illness, friendship, love and romance, love triangle, love affair, love interest, relationships, couple relations, relationship problems, couples, love story, tragic love ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Never Said Goodbye (2016)
Genre: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Junhao declares to go to Sicily to learn opera and ends the relationship with his fiancée, Xiaoyou. In disbelief, she determines to learn the truth behind his sudden decision. Lee Joon-gi has teamed up with Lin for his first Chinese film.
Style: romantic, sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: terminal illness, couple relations, star crossed lovers, love and romance, lovers apart, relationship problems, male female relationship, tragic love, illness, love interest, love story, relationships ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
A Thousand Days' Promise (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: A Thousand Days' Promise is a 2011 South Korean traditional melodrama about a woman who is losing her memory and the loving man who stands by her side. Written by famed drama writer Kim Soo-hyun, it aired on SBS from October 17 to December 20, ...
Style: sincere, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: tragic love, alzheimer's disease, relationship problems, love triangle, illness, fighting illness, couple relations, female protagonist, terminal illness, love interest, love affair, self discovery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Gabriel's Rapture: Part Two (2022)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In the fifth installment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Gabriel and Julia’s happiness is threatened by a conspiring student and academic politics. When Gabriel is confronted by the university administration, will he succumb to Dante's ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: love affair, relationship problems, male female relationship, love interest, relationships, university professor, love and romance, couple relations, tragic love, conspiracy, love story, nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Russian Mom (2016)
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jang-ho who dreams of becoming a chef is pretty close to his dad Yeong-soo; enough to talk about his girlfriend and they live alone. One day, Yeong-soo tells Jang-ho that he's getting remarried to a Russian woman. Jang-ho accepts this and meets ...
Style: romantic, captivating, psychological
Plot: male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, love story, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, couples, lifestyle, relationship problems, love interest
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
I Don't Like Younger Men (2017)
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Won-gi lost his wife a long time ago and is running a pension outside of the city. Then one day, Won-gi's daughter and her friend Se-yeong stays in the pension during a break from their school in Seoul. However, Won-gi finds himself attracted ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: relationship problems, problem, relationships, love interest, male female relationship, couples, couple relations, love story, father and daughter, divorced man, love affair
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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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 ⇓
51%
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To Her (2017)
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Story: Gwang-ho is bored except for the time he's taking off his girlfriend's underwear. He visits his Seoul home at the news that his grandfather is dying. Amidst the awkwardness, he remembers something. Ji-yoon is his cousin who has grown up to ...
Style: romantic, captivating, psychological
Plot: forbidden love, sexual relations, seduction, sexual content, male female relationship, love affair, couple relations, seductress, relationships, relationship problems, love interest, romantic relationship ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Last 10 Years (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The 20-year-old heroine learns that she only has 10 years to live due to an incurable disease of 1 in tens of thousands. She decided not to fall in love and not to be obsessed with living. But then, she met the hero at a local alumni association. ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic, sweet
Plot: terminal illness, love story, male female relationship, couple relations, fighting illness, love affair, in love, love and romance, illness, couples, relationships, relationship problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Green Rose (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Green Rose is a 2005 South Korean television series that aired on SBS from 19 March to 29 May 2005 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 22 episodes. Starring Go Soo, Lee Da-hae, Lee Jong-hyuk and Kim Seo-hyung, Green Rose interweaves romance into a ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: runaway, revenge, murder mystery, frame up, framed for murder, love interest, family business, vengeance, star crossed lovers, tragic love, relationship problems, accusation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Mars: Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru (2016)
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Kira is a sweet young girl with a traumatic past. She meets Rei who made her overcome her inner struggles. However, as much as they wanted to live as close to perfect as a couple can be, Kirishima tries to shake their relationship. Kirishima is a ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: love interest, love triangle, love story, tragic past, love affair, haunted by the past, troubled past, confronting the past, relationships, relationship problems, life is a bitch, tragic love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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L.O.V.E. (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Azra and Kerem is a couple who meets Sebnem, however Sebnem doesn't know they're together. Sebnem has cancer, the doctor said she will die soon. Sebnem is in love with Kerem. Kerem and Azra decides to get Kerem in a relationship with ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: male female relationship, tragic love, life is a bitch, star crossed lovers, couple relations, married couple, cancer, marital problem, fighting illness, love interest, family life, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.4
 236
Hrid Majharey (2014)
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: An affair that begins one rainy evening on a lonely Calcutta street. And ends on yet another rainy evening in the Andaman Islands. A journey dotted by love, jealousy and destiny, it is loosely inspired by the works of William Shakespeare.
Style: romantic, suspense, captivating
Plot: relationships, tragic event, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic love, male female relationship, warning, love story, love interest, in love, unrequited love, fall in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
One-Two-Three Now! (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Jeppe falls deeply in love with the mysterious and beautiful girl, Cecilie, from school. But their time is limited as Cecilie is diagnosed with cancer and Jeppe has to balance school, social life and the dream of becoming a professional basket ball ...
Style: touching, sincere, suspenseful, sentimental, disturbing ...
Plot: teenage love, cancer, teen romance, sex scene, high school, drawing, party, illness, love story, in love, life & death, couple relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Remember You (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the middle of the night, a man reports a missing person to the police office... himself. He has lost his memory. He can only remember from the moment he found himself left alone in an apartment. He tries to find any clue as to who he might be, ...
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot: memory loss, love story, memory, lawyer, car accident, amnesia, memory lapse, male female relationship, amnesiac, unlikely couple, relationships, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Someone Special (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A baseball player learns he has three months to live and drowns his sorrows at a bar, where the female bartender turns out to be a longtime admirer.
Style: disturbing, captivating, humorous, psychological, sincere ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Truth or Dare (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Aura and Gael's passionate new love is quickly overshadowed by horrible news: Aura is diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Gael decides to stay in the relationship and support her, but don Julio, her father, deeply concerned about his ...
Style: captivating, psychological, suspense, romantic, disturbing
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
40%
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 452
Jay Jay (2003)
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Jagan and Jamuna spend all day chatting on their first meeting. Jamuna puts down her details on a 100 rupee note declaring that if the note comes back to Jagan, then they are destined to meet.
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: couple relations, love affair, male female relationship, relationships, love interest, relationship problems, romantic relationship, destiny, love story, couples, love and romance, looking for love ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Tiffanie is about to have the wedding of her dreams to her soul mate, the dashing Damon King, founder of King Enterprises. But when Damon’s old friend Trey arrives, fresh from prison to step in as Damon’s best man, Tiffanie’s whole world gets ...
Style: captivating, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling
Plot: love triangle, black, relationship problems, couple relations, problem, intrigue, male female relationship, couples, conflict between friends, female protagonist, love affair, love interest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Do You Know Claudia? (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Claudia: Giovanni, a dull man, is married to her; Giacomo is divorced and happy of it, until he meets her; Aldo is a taxi driver. At the end of the story, who will have won her heart?
Style: disturbing, captivating, satirical, semi serious
Plot: taxi driver, love triangle, romantic rivalry, romantic triangle, love interest, love affair, romantic relationship, love and romance, competitor, in love, fall in love, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Snow In Sea Breeze (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: On a snowy night, little Seon-mi is diagnosed with hemopoietic dysplasia. Years pass and Seon-mi, who has now become an adult, has overcome her pain and is adjusting to the adult world. Having decided to use her talent to become a perfumer, she ...
Style: romantic, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, love story, love and romance, humble, love interest, marriage, relationship problems, family problems, couple relations, illness ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Six Days of Sistine (2019)
Genre: Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two souls lost in a world of modernisation find each other in a moment's need for clarity and appreciation.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: romantic relationship, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, relationship problems, bonding, male female relationship, love interest, relationships, love affair, couple relations, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Counting Backwards (2007)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: For some, the lives we have are not always the lives we wanted. For Joe, a small time guy from the small time town of Sandwich, Illinois, his has not even come close - until now. Faced with death and having recently met the girl of his dreams, ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, romantic ...
Plot: terminal illness, love affair, introspection, against the odds, best friend, life is a bitch, race against time, bittersweet, small town, male female relationship, dying, leukemia ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Flowers for My Life (2007)
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Na Hana loves money more than anything. she left her home town for Seoul. She decided that the only way she could be with money is to marry a rich man who will die soon. She soon meets Yoon Ho Sang, a young man who is a poor, troublemaker, and also ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, romantic, dorama
Plot: terminal illness, male female relationship, unrequited love, disorder, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rich and poor, escapades, couple relations, relationship problems, illness, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Gabriel's Inferno: Part Three (2020)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: relationship problems, secret past, confronting the past, forbidden love, family problems, marital problem, love triangle, tragic love, family secret, secret, love story, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Hope (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A couple with a large blended family has grown apart. When the wife is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, their life breaks down and exposes neglected love.
Style: captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing, ambiguous ending
Plot: lung cancer, unhappy marriage, family relations, terminal illness, cancer, hopes, husband wife relationship, unsupportive spouse, life is a bitch, male female relationship, fighting illness, relationship problems ...
Place: oslo norway, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Gabriel's Rapture: Part Three (2022)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In the sixth installment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Julia deals with the aftermath of Gabriel's departure, while Gabriel goes on a journey of self-discovery. Will they reunite and be able to repair what is broken?
Style: sentimental, captivating, romantic, psychological
Plot: couple relations, self discovery, lifestyle, love affair, couples, romantic relationship, introspection, male female relationship, relationship problems, love story, love interest, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.1
 190
Night Peacock (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Liu Yifei plays Elso, a reputed French flutist who travels from Paris to Chengdu. Her life is compared to the one of a night peacock, an eternal conflict between life and death, love and time. A night peacock, by Fabre’s definition, is a moth with ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: life is a bitch, couple relations, relationships, musician, tragic love, love interest, relationship problems, female protagonist, male female relationship, love affair, love story, problem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Longing for the Rain (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Linking several genres in a surprising and successful way, Yang Lin’s fiction feature debut is an Asian ghost story in which documentary scenes show how incongruous today's reality can look in China. Protagonist Fang Lei lives in material ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: dream, love interest, love story, male female relationship, love and romance, lovers, love triangle, relationship problems, psychology, forbidden love, marital problem, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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