Road not taken movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant road not taken movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, realistic and sentimental films and TV shows about / with road not taken, unfulfillment, love and romance, hopes, couples, family relations, christmas, self discovery, redemption and christmas movie plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
road not taken
TOP 10 movies tagged as road not taken: The Family Man (2000), Sliding Doors (1998), A Family Thanksgiving (2010), The Best of Me (2014), Being Erica (2009), Love, Rosie (2014), Groundhog Day (1993), The Quack (1982), Almost Normal (2005), The Guitar (2008).
Best films
List of road not taken movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...
Style:
feel good, touching, inspirational, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, destiny, road not taken, parallel universe, life changing experience, alternate reality, time travel, workaholic, fish out of water, lifestyle change, midlife crisis, singleness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1987, year 2000
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Gwyneth Paltrow plays London publicist Helen, effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, touching, clever, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids
Plot:
infidelity, choice, road not taken, time travel, love, alternate reality, breakup, destiny, parallel universe, love story, twists and turns, plot twist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
london, england, usa, europe, big ben london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A successful lawyer gets to see how her life would have turned out if she would have made other choices in life.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, emotional
Plot:
thanksgiving, christmas, starting over, road not taken, couple relations, love and romance, couples, family relations, dysfunctional family, workplace, eccentric family, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, sad, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, unfulfilled love, true love, lovers reunited, high school sweetheart, love affair, small town, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, road not taken, teenager, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1992, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, new jersey, usa, canada
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Being Erica is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that aired on CBC from January 5, 2009 to December 12, 2011.
Created by Jana Sinyor, the series was originally announced by the CBC as The Session, but was retitled Being Erica before ...
Style:
sentimental, captivating, witty, clever, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
time travel, self discovery, therapy, changing the past or future, thirtysomething life, hopes, haunted by the past, psychology, road not taken, destiny, lifestyle, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different ...
Style:
touching, sweet, sentimental, emotional, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
love story, love, best friends in love, couples, friends in love, best friend, love affair, love and romance, youth, teenage pregnancy, true love, single mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, england, boston, canada, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer and mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Style:
feel good, philosophical, romantic, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family outing
Plot:
time loop, existentialism, small town, time travel, time warp, life philosophy, groundhog day, love, redemption, repeated event, fall in love, hopes ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
memory loss, life is a bitch, polish, surgeon, prodigy, daughter, love and romance, healer, losing-it hero, witch doctor, amnesia, village life ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A gay man approaching a mid-life crisis is tired of being different because he is gay. He wants to be normal. Suddenly he is yanked back in time to when he was in high school. But this time, the world is gay and to be straight is considered deviant ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
high school, gay, road not taken, lgbt, coming out, midlife crisis, self discovery, teenage love, teenage life, youth, buddies, misfit ...
Place:
nebraska
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months to live, she throws caution to the wind to pursue her dreams.
Style:
emotional, psychological, touching, realistic, romantic ...
Plot:
sex, lesbian sex, self discovery, road not taken, unfulfillment, estrangement, life is a bitch, lesbian, nude girl, female nudity, dealing with death, guitarist ...
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, emotional, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
scrooge, christmas, ghost, road not taken, self discovery, introspection, human spirit, redemption, hopes, supernatural, disorder, family relations ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, UK, Netherlands, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A rookie cop joins the crime branch of the Mumbai police department, and on his first assignment is faced with the dilemma of whether he should shoot a murder suspect who is attempting to escape or not.
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, non-linear ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, tough cop, idealism, road not taken, destiny, decision, hopes, society, human nature, corrupt official, gangster boss, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, mumbai india
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, entertaining, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
travel, self discovery, life, psychiatrist, life philosophy, existentialism, introspection, loneliness, friendship, life & death, solitude, road trip ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, china, london, california, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Nick's plan to let fate bring his wife to him must be altered because he must replace his father as Santa Claus on December 26. Ernst, the right-hand man to several generations of Santas, generates a list of potential mates. Nick dutifully sets ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, hidden identity, looking for love, road not taken, family problems, couples, love affair, family life, fall in love, parents and children, holiday ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A wealthy and successful career woman gets a second chance in life when a magical wish transports her back in time eight years to when she walked away from her fiance to lead a business life in New York.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, time travel, wish come true, self discovery, redemption, one more chance, road not taken, love and romance, couples, family life, holiday, hopes ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
new york, usa
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59K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Style:
touching, surreal, emotional, art house, atmospheric ...
Plot:
writers, writer's life, love, haunted by the past, old friend, coincidence, memory, destiny, melancholy, road not taken, introspection, understanding ...
Time:
future, 60s, 2040s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, singapore, asia
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2K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
To try and overcome a lifetime of bitterness and resentment, an older lady decides to climb a mountain in Scotland.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot:
senior citizen, mother daughter relationship, old woman, guide, road not taken, nature, mountain climbing, elderly woman, ambitious woman, ambition, elderly, direction and purpose ...
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A life-sized nativity leads a man to learn about his past and lost family.
Style:
emotional, serious, sincere, captivating, feel good
Plot:
christmas, redemption, self discovery, haunted by the past, rehabilitation, hopes, road not taken, human nature, life is a bitch, family life, family relations, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
texas, usa, chicago illinois
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Twenty-something Ana, now living in Buenos Aires, returns to her native city of Paraná. She meets old school mates, old friends, makes new ones, and starts to rethink her life, and perhaps change her future.
Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, sexy, sexual ...
Plot:
youth, self discovery, friendship, teaching the ways of the world, obsessive quest, human nature, family life, road not taken, homecoming, social differences, love and romance, small town ...
Time:
future
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia is convinced the man of her dreams is the one "that got away" back in high school. When Georgia learns of her high school reunion a week before Christmas, she's ecstatic to finally have her chance to win ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, semi serious, emotional, humorous ...
Plot:
christmas, high school, homecoming, best friends, road not taken, love and romance, cheerleader, cheerleading, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, arrogance, best friends in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, boston
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
High-powered single-woman Jane Berry is focused on the important things in life, such as advancing her career and spending a bundle on fashionable shoes. But then a car accident on Christmas Eve changes her forever: Jane wakes up after the crash to ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, memory loss, starting over, looking for love, road not taken, single parent, rescue, family relations, couples, fall in love, materialism, family problems ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson star in The Song Of Lunch, a powerful and visually arresting film, made by BBC Drama Production for BBC Two, to mark National Poetry Day on 7 October. The film, a dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, serious, talky ...
Plot:
love and romance, couples, road not taken, unfulfillment, human nature, food, restaurant, society, unfulfilled love, regret, midlife crisis, resentment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Carol Christmas follows the basic plot of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, but the story has been modernized. The traditional "Scrooge" character is a talk show host named Carol.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, sweet, light
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, family relations, disorder, road not taken, starting over, holiday, hopes, hollywood, friends, talk show host, female protagonist, christmas eve ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
beverly hills
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Everybody Says I'm Fine! is an Indian English language film, released on 12 September 2001 at the Toronto Film Festival. It marks the directorial debut of Indian actor Rahul Bose. For his work on Everybody Says I'm Fine! Bose won the ...
Style:
touching, captivating, sincere, erotic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
orphan, unlikely couple, opposites attract, true love, love affair, love triangle, supernatural ability, road not taken, fish out of water, social differences, wooing, mind reading ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival mobster.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, realistic
Plot:
gangsters, russian mafia, starting over, couples, dishonesty, road not taken, family life, hitman, suspense, russian roulette, gambling, lust ...
Place:
california, usa, malibu california
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.
Style:
surreal, emotional, meditative, thought provoking, sentimental ...
Plot:
infidelity, talking cat, cat, destiny, pets, life turned upside down, follow your dream, human nature, disorder, couples, road not taken, dishonesty ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Monday morning. Paul Wertret, 50, heads off to his job as a manager at the International Credit and Trade Bank. He arrives at 8 o'clock on the dot, as usual. He enters a meeting room, takes out a gun and kills two of his bosses. Then he locks ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, sincere, non-linear ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, introspection, unlikely criminals, workplace, rivalry, workplace situations, road not taken, boss and employee, murder, suicide, bus, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
An adoption of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol translated into a Christian retelling for Easter with the Veggie Tales characters.
Style:
christian film, exciting, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
easter, family relations, church, save the day, factory, heroes, mischievous children, rivalry, young heroes, reincarnation, family life, hopes ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sloan is beautiful, stylish, and on the fast track to success at her public relations firm. After her client Caitlin ends up in a coma and becomes her own personal ghost of Christmas past, present, and future; she finds out first hand that her ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, ghost, self discovery, love and romance, introspection, supernatural, scrooge, redemption, couples, road not taken, lovers reunited, teenager ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, georgia
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ryan is a teenager who lacks the ability to speak. One day, Ryan falls off a bridge and he finds himself transported to a strange fantasy world where he encounters his Grandpa Randolph (Armin Mueller-Stahl) and a pretty girl named Melanie (Hayden ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, sad
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
youth, afterlife, teenage life, friendship, self discovery, young heroes, grandparent grandchild relationship, introspection, adolescence vs adulthood, destiny, road not taken, hopes ...
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