Impossible love movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant impossible love movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, serious, sentimental, romantic, emotional and romantic drama films and TV shows about / with impossible love, love and romance, love, fall in love, love story, couples, supernatural, kiss, couple relations and passion plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Fantasy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as impossible love: Star-Crossed (2014), Here Below (2012), Just Like Heaven (2005), Beauty and the Beast (2012), Moonlight (2007), Meet Joe Black (1998), Wild Mountain Thyme (2020), Every Day (2018), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), A Discovery of Witches (2018).

List of impossible love movies

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 7.1
 18K
Star-Crossed (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When Emery was 6 years old, an alien spacecraft crash-landed in her small town. Whether they came in peace or with more sinister intentions didn't matter: a fierce battle erupted as humans fought for control over their new rivals, an alien ...
Style: touching, exciting, sentimental, serious
Audience: teens
Plot: benign alien, interspecies romance, forbidden love, supernatural romance, teenage life, teenage love, unlikely couple, high school life, popularity, newcomer, alien encounter, fall in love ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.8
 119
Here Below (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The true story of a nun who betrayed a network of Resistance fighters after having a passionate but doomed love affair with a priest during the Second World War.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, gloomy
Plot: impossible love, catholic church, nun, german occupation, forbidden love, love affair, wartime life, fall in love, dishonesty, betrayal, society, clergy ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, france
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Just Like Heaven (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at ...
Style: romantic, fairy tale, romantic comedy, feel good, light ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: ghost, afterlife, love story, unlikely couple, impossible love, coma, initially antagonists, supernatural romance, supernatural, doctor, happy ending, opposites attract ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, california, usa
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Beauty and the Beast (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective. When she was a teenager, she witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen and herself was saved by someone – or something. Years have passed and while ...
Style: fairy tale, touching, captivating, sentimental, detective ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: beast, beauty and the beast, fall in love, unlikely couple, opposites attract, superhuman powers, female detective, impossible love, love and romance, couples, monster, experiment ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.6
 25K
Moonlight (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mick St. John is a captivating, charming and immortal private investigator from Los Angeles, who defies the traditional blood-sucking norms of his vampire tendencies by using his wit and powerful supernatural abilities to help the living.
Style: light, suspenseful, witty, serious, gothic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: vampire, supernatural, investigation, fall in love, dangerous attraction, reporter, immortality, vampire human love, supernatural ability, impossible love, supernatural romance, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 7.2
 263K
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe ...
Style: touching, romantic, sentimental, philosophical, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, family outing
Plot: love, afterlife, life philosophy, love and romance, life & death, dealing with death, supernatural, love at first sight, mysterious character, lifestyle change, supernatural romance, family relations ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: new york, rhode island, usa, manhattan new york city
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Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbour Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father's ...
Style: atmospheric, romantic, emotional, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot: impossible love, neighbor neighbor relationship, unrequited love, true love, land, dull life, conquering, plan gone awry, love and romance, crush, farmer, love ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: ireland, new york, manhattan new york city
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 6.4
 23K
Every Day (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the next day will bring.
Style: romantic, sentimental, captivating, sweet, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: body swapping, self sacrifice, impossible love, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, supernatural, love and romance, transformation, ghost, happy ending, soul transference, teenager ...
Time: future
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Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico, UK, Colombia
Duration: 139 min.
Story: In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a ...
Style: psychological, sexy, romantic, costume drama, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: impossible love, new love, love, letter, magic realism, unlikely friendships, betrayal, multiple storylines, justice, visceral, epidemic, diary ...
Time: 19th century, year 2007, 1900s, 20th century, 1890s ...
Place: colombia, latin america, paris france, caribbean
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A Discovery of Witches (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 1107 min.
TV show
Story: Diana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.
Style: stylized, romantic, scenic, captivating, costume drama ...
Plot: witch, vampire, supernatural, magic, vampire human love, danger, love and romance, witchcraft, impossible love, interspecies romance, love interest, magical power ...
Place: london, chicago, united kingdom, britain
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 8.1
 7K
Velvet (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: In 1950s Spain, the heir to a fashion house romances a beautiful seamstress who works for the company, despite the objections of his family.
Style: romantic, stylized, sincere, captivating, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: dressmaker, impossible love, fashion, male female relationship, seamstress, society, haute couture, love, fashion designer, true love, empire fashion, couple relations ...
Time: 1950s, 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place: spain, europe
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The Age of Adaline (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.
Style: romantic, touching, dramatic, emotional, fairy tale ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: immortality, love, love story, immortal, life & death, loneliness, aging, supernatural, love and romance, miraculous event, beautiful scenery, impossible love ...
Time: edwardian era, future, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: san francisco, california, peru, oregon, arizona
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 7.1
 73K
Agora (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Malta, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Style: sincere, philosophical, stylized, epic, political ...
Plot: roman empire, ancient history, mathematics, atheism, medieval, impossible love, political unrest, antiquity, ancient world, historical character, religions or cults, unrequited love ...
Time: 5th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place: ancient greece, egypt, alexandria egypt, greece, iberian peninsula ...
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 7.7
 62K
Days of Heaven (1978)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1910, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish ...
Style: art house, breathtaking, visually stunning, visual, visually appealing ...
Plot: impossible love, farm, farmer, love triangle, love, loneliness, train, autumn, harvest, class differences, childhood, photography ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 1910s, turn of the century, pre world war one
Place: usa, chicago, austin texas, midwest, texas
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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Style: romantic, heartbreaking, atmospheric, touching, sad ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: adultery, photographer, relationships, love affair, impossible love, love story, photography, housewife, passion, infidelity, couples, middle aged ...
Time: year 1995, 90s, 20th century, 80s, post world war two ...
Place: iowa, usa, midwest
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Paradise: Hope (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hope, the third film in the PARADISE TRILOGY, tells the story of the 13-year-old Melanie. While her mother (Teresa) travels to Kenya, Melanie spends her holiday in the Austrian countryside at a strict diet camp for overweight teenagers. Under the ...
Style: art house, sincere, cynical, realistic, serious ...
Plot: overweight, impossible love, camp, 13 year old, teenage crush, youth, older man younger woman relationship, physical appearance, coming of age, teenage life, love and romance, attempted seduction ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: austria, kenya
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 8.0
 665K
Her (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style: melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, touching, clever ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, relationship problems, psychology, human nature, unlikely relationship ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2013, distant future ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Passport to Paris (1999)
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Sent to Paris to visit their grandfather, the twins fall in love with France, not to mention two French boys.
Style: feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: twins, youth, impossible love, siblings relations, family relations, teenage girl, tourist, preteen, child, girl, slice of life, childhood ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, europe, france
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Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
Story: The story of the love between Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, a Pakistani...a love so great it knows no boundaries...
Style: serious, atmospheric, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, impossible love, muslim, rescue, uncover truth, social differences, false accusation, love affair, against the odds, hopes, legal, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2004
Place: india, pakistan, asia, middle east
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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
Style: romantic, touching, sentimental, tear jerker, sad ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: time travel, time, time traveler, love story, love and romance, time paradox, time loop, love affair, true love, tragic love, marriage, couple relations ...
Time: future, year 2009, 20th century, 70s, 90s ...
Place: chicago, usa
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Black and White Love (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story: Ferhat is a hitman working for his criminal uncle. Aslı is a young and idealistic doctor. One day, their roads crossed in the most unexpected way: Aslı is forced to operate on a man that Ferhat had shot.
Style: emotional, touching, disturbing, melancholic, light ...
Plot: opposites attract, forced marriage, power of love, rescue, fake marriage, jealousy, love, love story, strong female character, self sacrifice, marriage, doctor ...
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
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Pushing Daisies (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.
Style: feel good, offbeat, detective, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night, teens, girls' night
Plot: impossible love, supernatural, supernatural ability, unfulfilled love, murder, death, dog, unlikely relationship, couple relations, private detective, partner, young man ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 21st century
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Valley of Flowers (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: India, France, Japan, Germany
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A Himalayan legend of a love struggling against the inevitability of death, an astonishing tale spanning from the early 19th century mountain existence, to hectic, bustling modern day Tokyo.
Style: captivating, tense, romantic, sensual, philosophical ...
Plot: impossible love, love, suicide, immortality, love of one's life, changing lives, escapades, gang, caravan, change of heart, criminal gang, love interest ...
Place: himalaya, tibet, tokyo
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 5.3
 485K
Twilight (2008)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest to live with her father, she starts school and meets the reclusive Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated ...
Style: romantic, sexy, touching, sentimental, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen fantasy ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, teenager, love and romance, vampire human love, supernatural romance, fall in love, forbidden love, high school, love, teenage love, dangerous attraction ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington state, usa, washington d.c., phoenix arizona, arizona
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The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young Englishman is dispatched to Sarawak to become part of the British colonial government. He encounters some unorthodox local traditions, and finds himself faced with tough decisions of the heart involving the beautiful Selima, the unwitting ...
Style: romantic, sexy, erotic, scenic, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: love story, forbidden love, interracial romance, jungle, love, stereotypes, culture clash, opposites attract, husband wife relationship, love and romance, mentor, impossible love ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: borneo, malaysia
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 166 min.
Story: Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
Style: touching, philosophical, dramatic, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: destiny, true love, life & death, life philosophy, aging, existentialism, love and romance, fictional biography, melancholy, puzzle, tragic love, old age ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2008, 1950s ...
Place: new orleans, cambodia, usa, pearl harbor, france ...
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 6.2
 9K
The Countess (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
Style: suspense, stylized, atmospheric, serious, gothic ...
Plot: countess, female protagonist, serial killer, older woman younger man relationship, impossible love, bloodbath, murder, blood, death of husband, witchcraft, female serial killer, virgin ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, 17th century, victorian era
Place: hungary, europe
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 6.1
 57K
Winter's Tale (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Style: romantic, stylized, fairy tale, captivating, emotional ...
Audience: date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: angel, power of love, fall in love, love and romance, true love, supernatural ability, love story, imaginary, magic, supernatural, good versus evil, cancer ...
Time: year 2014, 19th century, year 1916
Place: grand central station manhattan new york city, new york, america, usa
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 7.1
 234K
Ghost (1990)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. ...
Style: sentimental, romantic, touching, sweet, tear jerker ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: afterlife, love story, ghost, love, love and romance, supernatural, life & death, psychic, death, supernatural romance, impossible love, psychic power ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: new york, persia, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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 4.5
 2K
Summer Lover (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On honeymoon on the island of Lesbos, a woman falls for the daughter of a Russian archaeologist.
Style: erotic, realistic, melancholic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: lesbian relationship, lesbian, love triangle, tragic love, dishonesty, gender, impossible love, lesbian sex, lgbt, strong sexual content, jealousy, reincarnation ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: greece, europe
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