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Regular Lovers (2005)
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Original name: Les Amants réguliers
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend, Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself. They fall in love. A year passes; François continues to write, talk, smoke, and be with Lilie. Opportunities come to Lilie: what will she and François do?
Style:
realistic, serious, black and white, touching, captivating, suspenseful, political, art house, contemplative, crying ...
Plot:
politics, idealism, coming of age, twins, hopes, sexual relations, love triangle, injustice, love affair, couple relations, chaos and mayhem, love and romance, life is a bitch, tragic love, self discovery, lifestyle, rebelliousness, political unrest, anarchist, mental illness, male female relationship, storytelling, protest, death, theft ...
Time:
year 1968, 20th century, year 2005, 60s, year 1969, 1960s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, morocco
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sexy and touching films with plots about love and romance, couples, cigarette smoking, death, sex, female nudity and kiss mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Regular Lovers: The Mother and the Whore (1973), The Dreamers (2003), Three Times (2005), Summer Palace (2006), Frontier of Dawn (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, new york, hamburg germany, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, erotic drama, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
incest, sexuality, protest, sexual relations, sex, nudity, youth, couples, love triangle, brother sister relationship, brother sister incest, sex scene ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Taiwan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
There are three stories of women and men: in "A Time for Love" set in 1966, a soldier searches for a young woman he met one afternoon playing pool; "A Time for Freedom," set in a bordello in 1911, revolves around a singer's ...
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Plot:
longing, love affair, tragic love, social differences, couples, fall in love, wartime life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love triangle, minimalism, time, slut ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China, France
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Country girl Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her lover to study in Beijing. At university, she discovers an intense world of sexual freedom and forbidden pleasure. Enraptured, compulsive, she falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, touching, emotional, sexual ...
Plot:
true love, longing, politics, political protest, rebelliousness, idealism, political unrest, road not taken, social differences, college life, youth, society ...
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china, europe, asia, germany, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A celebrity is caught by her husband with a young lover. She ends the relationship, but slowly goes insane and kills herself.
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atmospheric, serious, erotic, black and white, sentimental ...
Plot:
couples, love and romance, haunted by the past, tragic love, obsession, love affair, fall in love, longing, desire, death of lover, european, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Paul reflects on the summer he met Angèle and Frédéric as he watches his friend being laid to rest.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, tense, sexy ...
Plot:
fall in love, adultery, couples, friendship, human nature, artists and showbiz, love and romance, husband wife relationship, jealousy, friendship between men, affair, female nudity ...
Time:
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Place:
rome italy, italy, paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, humorous, touching, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, bare chested male, lifestyle, siblings relations, love triangle, wooing, couples, unsupportive spouse, twins, love and romance, infidelity ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his girl-friend, much more mature than she looks, falling ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay club, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, unrequited love, gay slur, glbt, best friend, betrayal, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Style:
sexy, philosophical, political, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
rebelliousness, politics, rebel, debt, twists and turns, businessman, anarchist, boyfriend, friends, revolution, kidnapping, vandalism ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, year 1968, 21st century
Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, political, sexual, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
anarchist, coming of age, politics, counterculture, teenage life, riot, self discovery, fighting the system, rebellion, youth, society, working class ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1968, 60s, year 1971
Place:
france, europe, paris france, florence, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 374 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, sincere, sad, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
couples, sister in law sister in law relationship, mental illness, cafe, politics, musician, idealism, hopes, couple relations, friendship, storytelling, police brutality ...
Time:
80s, 60s, year 2003, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
italy, rome italy, sicily, lebanon, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
Style:
emotional, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, coming of age, radical, family life, political unrest, family problems, immigrant, state affairs, journalism, hopes, parents and children, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france, cuba, paris france, europe, chile ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The film stars French New Wave icon Jean-Pierre Léaud as Paul, a romantic young idealist and literary lion-wannabe who chases budding pop star, Madeleine (Chantal Goya, a real life Yé-yé girl).
Style:
intellectual, philosophical, erotic, talky, clever ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
counterculture, politics, sex, relationships, women, murder, revolution, european, hippie, sexuality, social commentary, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, sexual, realistic, emotional ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, serious, touching, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
lesbian, true love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, gays and lesbians, countryside, lifestyle, couples, breakup, lgbtq, fired from the job, suicide ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, black and white ...
Plot:
love, love affair, love and romance, couples, family problems, hidden identity, couple relations, dysfunctional family, dishonesty, frustration, suicide attempt, single mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim... This is the ...
Style:
sexy, art house, black and white, philosophical, lyrical ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
marriage, menage a trois, friendship, unrequited love, love triangle, love, relationships, storytelling, love story, melancholy, manic pixie dream girl, crazy love ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, year 1962, post world war one, 1930s ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, germany
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, erotic, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
erotica, longing, sexual attraction, infidelity, outdoor sex, passion, unhappiness, dysfunctional family, filmmaking, actor's life, love triangle, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
france, brittany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
homeless, beggar, painting, love story, painter, crazy love, couple relations, fall in love, boat, water skiing, loneliness, love affair ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.
Style:
homoerotic, captivating, stylized, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
fashion, gay, fashion designer, nudity, male nudity, rise to the top, orgy, interview, couple relations, lgbt, model, scandal ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, year 1967, year 1970 ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
controversial, sexy, erotic, art house, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
politics, sex, revolution, anti war, vietnam war, sexploitation, sexuality, photograph, sex scene, self discovery, nudity, controversy ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, realistic, melancholic, costume drama, intense ...
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, tragic hero, family life, hopes, village life, destructive relationship, dull life, love affair, husband wife relationship, adulterer, male female relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
normandy, france, europe, switzerland, london
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The study of a youth on the edge of adulthood and his aunt, ten years older. Fabrizio is passionate, idealistic, influenced by Cesare, a teacher and Marxist, engaged to the lovely but bourgeois Clelia, and stung by the drowning of his mercurial ...
Style:
aesthetic, experimental, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
incest, communism, bourgeoisie, suicide, revolution, aunt nephew relationship, forbidden love, mental illness, death of friend, bicycle, wedding, philosophy ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Paris, 1968. Catherine, Yves and Hervé are twenty years old. They're students and they love each other. The May student uprisings radically change their lives. Overtaken by communal utopia, they leave the city with a few friends to set up ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
gay, male pubic hair, utopia, family relations, rebelliousness, friendship, hopes, youth, rebellion, politics, idealism, against the rules ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 70s, 20th century, september 11 2001 ...
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, realistic, psychological, talky, anthology ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
making love, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, art, painter, painting, gays and lesbians, transvestism, drinking, storytelling, marriage ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, egypt, cambodia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lola, is a 1961 film, the debut film directed by Jacques Demy as a tribute to director Max Ophüls and is described by Demy as a "musical without music". Anouk Aimée starred in the title role. The film was restored and re-released by ...
Style:
eros, art house, black and white, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
true love, swing, cabaret, young lovers, love, unrequited love, single mother, women, showgirl, girl, recovery, lost soul ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
france, europe, brittany, johannesburg south africa, amsterdam ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Portugal, Austria, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, sexual, sexy, erotic, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mother son incest, mother son relationship, depravity, incest, sexual relations, nude beach, sex, sexual promiscuity, dominatrix, incestuous relationship, exhibitionism, voyeur ...
Time:
turn of the century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
canary islands, europe, spain, nice france, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Style:
talky, intense, stylized, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
starting over, abusive husband, hand job, adolescence, couples, family relations, hitchhiker, human nature, couple relations, love affair, parents and children, destructive relationship ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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