Movies like Ash Wednesday 1973
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Ash Wednesday (1973)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but he doesn't seem interested in meeting her. She checks in to a ski resort to wait for Mark, and begins getting attention from young men. Her daughter tries to warn her that even though she has had the surgery it might be too late for her marriage, but she clings to the hope that Mark will come back once he sees her new look. Meanwhile, she must decide whether or not have an affair with a young man she's met.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, period piece, psychological thriller, wistful
Plot:
plastic surgery, ski resort, female protagonist, unrequited love, infidelity, affair, marital problem, loneliness, adultery, midlife crisis, seduction, jealousy, self discovery, regret, sexual awakening, obsession, moral ambiguity, surgery, mardi gras, clinic, fashion photographer, ugly duckling, older woman younger man sex, class differences, failed marriage ...
Time:
70s
Place:
swiss alps
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic drama, independent film, melancholic and tense films with plots about psychological drama, infidelity, jealousy, obsession, adultery, seduction and female nudity mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Ash Wednesday: Fools (1970), A Woman (2010), Obsessed with a Married Woman (1985), Caught Between the Two (2016), Sins of Rachel (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
175
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A horror-movie actor falls in love with the unhappily married young wife of an attorney.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, detective, independent film
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco
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231
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman falls in love with a famous novelist and travels with him to his home in Southern Italy. There, her obsession with the memory of his dead wife begins to consume her.
Style:
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Plot:
obsessive love, obsession, character study, mediterranean, romantic obsession, loneliness, grief, female protagonist, jealousy, memory, tragic romance, mourning ...
Place:
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66%
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, realistic, intense
Plot:
adultery, obsession, mistress, infidelity, affair, magazine editor, writers, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, marriage, love triangle, divorce ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, independent film, amateur film
Plot:
love triangle, obsession, infidelity, female protagonist, fatal attraction, lust, betrayal, temptation, best friend, self discovery, identity, girlfriend ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Bizarre, salacious story about a former fat singer getting herself killed by a host of possible candidates. It seems that Rachel has a thing for younger men including her own son. A terrible actor poses as a policeman and we hear various characters ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, independent film
Plot:
murder mystery, crime investigation, obsession, female victim, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, police procedural, jealousy, lgbtq, revenge motive, incestuous desire, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Lene seeks out her estranged husband in hope of reconciliation she finds him in bed with a new lover. Shocked, she flees the scene and embarks on a journey through the night that takes her on an existential rollercoaster ride of dreamlike ...
Style:
existential, dark, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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336
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman's unfulfilling marriage leads her into a passionate affair with a wealthy extramarital lover.
Style:
erotic, reflective, sexy, independent film
Plot:
extramarital affair, adultery, infidelity, marital crisis, housewife, character study, temptation, female protagonist, forgiveness, gender roles, personal growth, sexual awakening ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, atmospheric
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, philosophical, existential, art house ...
Plot:
affair, obsession, surveillance, double life, relationships, male female relationship, love story, life is a bitch, teacher student relationship, secret, lifestyle, secret identity ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other.
Style:
romantic drama, period piece, tragic ending, sensual, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female nudity, erotica, love triangle, seduction, femme fatale, passion, romantic rivalry, fascism, jealousy, obsession, manipulation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1920s, year 1975
Place:
italy
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Franck, a former young hopeful at the Nantes soccer club, has stayed on to help the team for ten years after an injury,but becomes especially frustrated when he meets a seductive young woman.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
soccer, infidelity, love triangle, character study, jealousy, small town, seduction, midlife crisis, sexual tension, slice of life, bittersweet, unrequited love ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
ornithologist, infidelity, affair, love triangle, introspection, moral dilemma, character study, betrayal, adultery, bittersweet, island, jealousy ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
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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Similarity:
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Country: Estonia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
mystical, existential, emotional, thought provoking, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, self discovery, motherhood, divorce, supernatural, loneliness, midlife crisis, infertility, character study, isolation, identity, haunting ...
Similarity:
43%
137
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Married for 20 years since the age of 15, Nina's husband suddenly decides to leave her.
Style:
melancholic, realistic, sensual, intense
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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276
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
love triangle, seduction, affair, infidelity, jealousy, forbidden love, character study, duel, obsession, guilty, lonely, literary ...
Time:
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Place:
prague
Similarity:
36%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
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Country: USA
Duration: 65 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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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A popular surgeon with a bright future and women falling at his feet, Ji Hoon is at the top of the world. Although married, he fantasizes of a woman with a butterfly tattooed on her pelvis - a vision from his reccurring dreams. During a business ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After his wife leaves him, Júlio starts an affair with his secretary.
Style:
erotic drama, sensual, tense, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
80s
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
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