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Broken Embraces (2009)
44K
Original name: Los abrazos rotos
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, emotional, stylized, sentimental, suspenseful, serious, realistic, sensual, clever ...
Plot:
obsession, filmmaking, jealousy, making love, destructive relationship, couple relations, betrayal, screenwriter, alter ego, aspiring actress, tragic love, actress, blind character, blindness, family drama, love affair, suffering, parents and children, producer, crimes of passion, audition, loss of loved one, haunted by the past, tragic event, love triangle ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 20th century, 80s, 90s, 21st century, contemporary ...
Place:
madrid, spain, ibiza, iberian peninsula, europe, canary islands
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Most similar movies to Broken Embraces
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, sexy, erotic and serious films with plots about female nudity, sex, love and romance, obsession, couples, nude and male nudity mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like Broken Embraces: Talk to Her (2002), The Leading Man (1996), Asylum (2005), Dot the I (2003), Bitter Moon (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
121K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Style:
sexy, psychological, emotional, sincere, surreal ...
Plot:
friendship, rape, sex, hospital, impossible love, suicide, loneliness, obsession, tragic love, male nurse, bromance, insomnia ...
Time:
near future, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, jordan ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a masterpiece; but Felix can't enjoy his success. He has fallen passionately in love with ...
Style:
sweet, semi serious, realistic, talky, clever ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, husband wife relationship, love triangle, seduction, love affair, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, love and romance, couple relations, actor's life, artists and showbiz, family problems ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
england, london, europe, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
obsession, adultery, couple relations, love, passion, christmas, destructive relationship, love and romance, husband murders wife, hospital, affair, psychiatrist ...
Time:
20th century, year 2005, 50s, 60s, 1950s
Place:
europe, london, united kingdom, wales, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young lovers in London are wrapped up in a love triangle that may not be exactly what it seems. Carmen, a beautiful Spanish woman with a tendency to lose her temper at the drop of a hat, is about to be married to Barnaby, a caring, wealthy, but ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
forbidden love, infidelity, twists and turns, fall in love, couple relations, manipulation, actor's life, artists and showbiz, love affair, love story, sexual content, erotica ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
An embittered husband, paralyzed and in a wheelchair, buttonholes a complete stranger and begins to tell him the story of his marriage. The stranger would like to escape, but cannot. For one thing he grows fascinated by the story. For another he is ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, psychological, sexual, sensual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, femme fatale, infidelity, sexual perversion, writers, husband wife relationship, male nudity, fatal attraction, destructive relationship, couples, passionate interest, bdsm ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
eastern europe, europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
106K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, unfaithful wife, lust, extramarital affair, sex, older woman younger man relationship, sex scene, cheating wife, hot and sexy, marital infidelity, fatal attraction ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, turkey
Similarity:
100%
112K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) works and lives Madrid with her husband Paco and daughter Paula. Her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas) lives nearby and they both miss their mother Irene (Carmen Maura), who died several years ago in a house fire along with their ...
Style:
black comedy, emotional, touching, visually stunning, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
death, rape, child abuse, twists and turns, lust, adultery, ghost, secret, vengeance, woman urinating, neighbor, women ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, nebraska, iberian peninsula, europe ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When porn director Pablo reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan, he encourages him to stay in touch. Juan moves away to live in a lighthouse and eventually writes his ex, but in the interim Pablo has taken up a psychotic new lover, Antonio ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, erotic, homoerotic, stylized ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, murder, male nudity, movie business, obsession, filmmaking, passion, gay interest, gays and lesbians, love triangle ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, morocco, madrid
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
High Heels is a murder mystery comedy centering on flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo and her daughter Rebecca, a television anchorwoman. After being estranged for 15 years, Becky re-enters Rebecca's life when she comes to perform a concert. ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, art house, sexual, enigmatic ...
Plot:
murder, transvestism, obsession, who done it, guilt, lgbtq, mother daughter reunion, women, couples, family relations, mother daughter relationship, lgbt ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 70s
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, caribbean ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress' autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy's father about the death of the son he never knew he had.
Style:
erotic, sad, art house, controversial, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
aids, lgbtq, transvestism, gender, lgbt, transgender, prostitute, friendship, grief, lesbian, single mother, transsexual ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, nebraska, iberian peninsula, argentina ...
Similarity:
30%
14K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, satirical, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, necrophilia, sex, rape, female pubic hair, matador, character study, psychology, investigation, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, valencia spain
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Joanna Crane lives a double life. During the day she works as fashion designer but during the night she is the high class prostitute China Blue. As she is accused for industrial spying, Bobby Grady is hired to shadow her. However, they fall in love. ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sensual, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
forbidden love, erotica, prostitute, prostitution, double life, obsession, sex scene, preacher, sex, sex toy, role playing, stalking ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, china
Similarity:
28%
238K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, psychological, talky, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
infidelity, love triangle, couples, lust, sex, seduction, adultery, passionate interest, murder, destructive relationship, fatal attraction, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, united kingdom, ireland ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia, a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, emotional, sensual, erotic ...
Plot:
mistress, infidelity, adultery, abuse, passive aggression, fall in love, sexual relations, love, husband wife relationship, doubt, european, woman urinating ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman attempts suicide when she suspects her husband doesn't love her and is having an affair. Now she's wheelchair-bound, and her husband, who indeed doesn't love her and is having an affair, hires a private nurse to look after his ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, absurd, captivating ...
Plot:
obsession, love triangle, murder, betrayal, strong sexual content, intrigue, nudity, danger, infidelity, paraplegic, erotica, sex ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
27%
22K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, adultery, love affair, sex, obsession, infidelity, sexuality, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, passion, sex scene, love triangle ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
europe, palm springs california, paris france, london, brussels ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Cayman Islands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An adulterous woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.
Style:
sexy, psychological, erotic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sex scene, adultery, love triangle, grief, guilt, betrayal, infidelity, starting over, terrorist, dangerous attraction, love affair, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In director Vicente Aranda's adaptation of the classic opera, a French writer documents the seductive power of the beautiful Gypsy Carmen, who turns her charms on a young soldier, awakening his passions but ultimately leading to tragedy. Jose ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, emotional, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
tragic love, femme fatale, obsession, betrayal, passion, soldier, love triangle, couples, love affair, lifestyle, sex, jealousy ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Bored with her marriage to burnt out poet turned corporate executive Thierry, Zandalee falls prey to an old friend of her husband, the manipulative and egotistical Johhny and becomes enmeshed in a sensual, passionate and destructive affair.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, love triangle, unfaithful wife, trophy wife, extramarital affair, nudity, cheating wife, sexual attraction, cheating on husband, erotica, tragic love ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
unfaithful wife, lovers reunited, betrayal, couple relations, love triangle, haunted by the past, love affair, dishonesty, unfulfillment, hidden identity, infidelity, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
florida, new york, usa, miami
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A recently orphaned millionairess, Olivia, really hates her scheming step-father. Olivia finds love with a young yacht racing captain, Tim, who isn't completely truthful with her. When the two run into a problem the local cop, who happens to be ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspenseful, romantic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nudity, plot twist, adultery, sex scene, woman in jeopardy, female nudity, yacht, unplanned pregnancy, sex, dangerous attraction, police investigation, blonde ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york state, atlantic ocean, new york, california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A powerful and seductive Hollywood mogul convinces an impoverished West Hollywood writer, whose lover has recently died of AIDS, to sell his autobiographical screenplay for big bucks. The writer, Robert, knows he'll have to make major changes ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, clever, talky, absurd ...
Plot:
gay, twists and turns, aids, glbt, solitude, tragedy, grief, depression, internet, lgbt, family problems, hollywood ...
Time:
90s, year 2005
Place:
los angeles, egypt, new york, rome italy
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An American film-star and an unknown British actress meet on set in Rome. She is angry when he refuses to speak to her journalist father, but later they have a passionate relationship.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot:
nudity, making love, infidelity, sexual attraction, seductive, sex scene, adultery, biopic, couples, gays and lesbians, journalism, destructive relationship ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
rome italy, france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
26%
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250K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A witty, romantic, and very dangerous love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Two couples disintegrate when they begin destructive adulterous affairs with each other.
Style:
sexy, psychological, erotic, cynical, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
infidelity, love triangle, adultery, love affair, lovers, passion, marriage, sex, stripper, couples, photographer, desire ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, europe, new york, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Recently released from a mental hospital, Ricky ties up Marina, a film star he once had sex with and keeps her hostage.
Style:
sexy, erotic, dark comedy, controversial, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stockholm syndrome, obsession, porn star, sex scene, obsessive love, sensuality, porn actress, female pubic hair, fetish, kidnapping, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, sex ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, clever, sexy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, twists and turns, kidnapping, rape, revenge, isolation, gender, abuse, skin, lgbtq, insanity, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2006, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, ancient greece, europe
Similarity:
26%
122K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Adapted from a 1964 novel of the same name, the film follows a day in the life of George Falconer, a British college professor reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will ...
Style:
sexy, touching, sincere, emotional, visually appealing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
gay, depression, homosexuality, loneliness, gays and lesbians, lgbt, broken heart, lgbtq, homosexual, grief, death, glbt ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, year 2009, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, cuba, usa, london ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A research project on sexual response leads two doctors into an affair where their deepest passions and darkest fantasies are revealed.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sensual, sexual, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, fatal attraction, obsessive love, infidelity, erotica, laboratory, love triangle, love affair, dangerous attraction, danger, mental illness, sexual relations ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Miranda, a sex addict, works for a radio station and is married to a cop. She signs up for therapy in order to deal with her sex addiction. Also in the group is Javier, a sex-phone junkie. The two misfits hit it off and a torid affair ensues. But ...
Style:
erotic, psychological, serious, sexy, eros ...
Plot:
murder, sex addict, oral sex, casual sex, sexual obsession, police investigation, frame up, love affair, sexual relations, mentally unstable, danger, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, spain, brazil, madrid
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic as he is rich and powerful, ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, sexual, sensual ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
bdsm, sex, sex scene, sexual relations, erotica, rich, love story, dangerous attraction, rich man poor woman, love and romance, sadomasochism, billionaire ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c., mexico
Similarity:
26%
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