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Missing William (2014)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story follows Abby, a thirty-something artist living in Rhode Island caring for her husband William after he's tragically injured in a bar fight. As she attempts to coax him back to health, James, her childhood sweetheart and unrequited love, attempts to coax her back into living life again herself. The complicated love triangle that ensues is touching, poignant, and concludes with a realization that's as profound as it is beautiful.
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, sentimental, indie film, touching, serious, independent film
Audience:
date night
Plot:
renewed love, lovers reunited, love triangle, moral dilemma, couples, life turned upside down, friendship, wounded, choice, love and romance, disorder, couple relations, love, artist, friend, infidelity, meaningful kiss, romance
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, rhode island
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and emotional films with plots about couples, love and romance, couple relations, friendship, love, family relations and love triangle mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Missing William: Guilty Hearts (2006), Now, Forager (2012), Cherry. (2010), Freeway (2011), Breakfast with Curtis (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
blindness, cancer, love and romance, hopes, renewed love, life is a bitch, lovers reunited, disability, blind character, blind man, power relations, down on your luck ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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serious, realistic, emotional, touching, culinary ...
Plot:
couple relations, lifestyle, ambition, relationship vs career, couples, family problems, love and romance, crumbling marriage, life turned upside down, unfulfilled love, disorder, restaurant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When Brian Cherry, a sweet, sensitive young Los Angeleno, falls for the beautiful, electric, and damaged Jules, she turns his ideas about women and sex upside-down. Slowly, he is drawn into a twisted love-triangle that includes Jules and his best ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, sexy, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alex, 25 years old, lives a life divided between his custom car that he pampers to the point of insanity, his friends, his girlfriend, whose baby girl he had under duress, and his job as a forklift operator. An exclusive passion, with its rituals ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot:
life turned upside down, couples, couple relations, moral dilemma, male female relationship, friendship, family crisis, disorder, family problems, family in crisis, police officer, car tuning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Syd is an eccentric bookseller with delusions of grandeur fueled by red wine. He caused a rift 5 years ago between his bohemian housemates and the family next door, but now tries to recruit his 14-year-old neighbor as a collaborator.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, drug, teenage boy, coming of age, death threat, depression, couples, love and romance, love, youth, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, gambling, couple relations, prodigy, couples, partner, dishonesty, life turned upside down, character study, fired from the job, addiction, bookies ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, redemption, friendship, couples, family relations, couple relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, dealing with death, cancer, illness, relationship problems ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
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236
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Netherlands, Ireland, Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Housewife Katalin Munk (Johanna ter Steege) has her world torn apart when her lecturer husband János (Andor Lukáts) arrives home to tell her that he’s leaving her for a younger student of his. Katalin falls into a state of shock and wanders ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental
Plot:
self discovery, life turned upside down, love affair, couples, family relations, family problems, love and romance, couple relations, fall in love, parents and children, breakup, mental breakdown ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
budapest, istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
couple relations, family problems, self discovery, redemption, couples, hopes, moral dilemma, family relations, love, love triangle, society, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
small town, cheating girlfriend, fall in love, couples, couple relations, love triangle, politics, social relations, ambition, career change, infidelity, drinking ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, captivating, sentimental, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
love, infidelity, fire, daring rescue, couples, estrangement, love triangle, society, loss of wife, friendship, firefighter, cooking ...
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, captivating, realistic, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
21%
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659
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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234
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in small-town rural Georgia, a man returns to his hometown to face the deep-rooted racial tensions of a deep southern town that ages, but never changes.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
Movie in collections
342
Genre: Drama
Country: Costa Rica
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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20%
448
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, serious
Plot:
love triangle, politics, love affair, dishonesty, head of state, couples, infidelity, rivalry, state affairs, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sincere, captivating, touching, semi serious ...
Plot:
couple relations, love affair, infidelity, moral dilemma, crumbling marriage, dull life, love and romance, dishonesty, family problems, couples, unfulfillment, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of friends travels to the beach to encourage Jason, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. The journey is rooted in nostalgia and desire for a meaningful farewell, although the friends avoid the subject of Jason's illness. Some time ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, buddies, terminal illness, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, friends, dealing with death, fighting illness, illness, relationship problems, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
El Talismán is a telenovela co-produced by Venevision and Univision Studios, starring Blanca Soto and Rafael Novoa as the main protagonists, and Aarón Díaz, Lola Ponce, and Marcela Mar as the main antagonists. Univision had announced that El ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, sentimental, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
manipulation, true love, couples, fall in love, love affair, dishonesty, couple relations, family relations, love and romance, disorder, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
19%
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