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Beyond Borders (2003)
30K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world's most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984. She is married to Henry Bauford son of a wealthy British industrialist, when she encounters Nick Callahan a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
Style:
touching, romantic, captivating, thought provoking, romantic drama, sentimental, sincere, tear jerker, breathtaking, epic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
charity, love, love story, love affair, desert, border, war, starvation, survival, brutality, un, life & death, pianist, unfaithful wife, corruption, abroad, infection, surgery, landmine, obsessive quest, love of one's life, rich and poor, smuggling, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
80s, year 1993, year 1984, year 1988, year 1995, year 2003, 90s ...
Place:
africa, cambodia, london, england, europe, afghanistan, russia ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, emotional and touching films with plots about death, friendship, love, soldier, war, beautiful scenery and culture clash mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like Beyond Borders: The English Patient (1996), The Last Face (2016), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), The Lucky One (2012), Cold Mountain (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 162 min.
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Duration: 130 min.
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Style:
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Duration: 124 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Audience:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 121 min.
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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