| Farscape (1999) | 8.3 | |
| Meteor Garden (2001) | 7.8 | |
| The New World (2005) | 6.7 | |
| Warm Bodies (2013) | 6.8 | |
| Chasing Amy (1997) | 7.2 |
Unlikely relationship movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant unlikely relationship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, realistic, melancholic, romantic, feel good and interesting films and TV shows about / with unlikely relationship, love, storytelling, dialogue, destiny, mentor, love story, culture clash, life philosophy and relationships plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as unlikely relationship: Labor Day (2013), Rabbit Hole (2010), Last Chance Harvey (2008), The Lunchbox (2013), Buffalo '66 (1998), Alpha Dog (2006), Friends with Benefits (2011), Something New (2006), The New World (2005), Warm Bodies (2013).
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56K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Style:
touching, sincere, romantic, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, date night, teens
Plot:
unlikely relationship, fall in love, stockholm syndrome, love and romance, single parent, love, happy ending, single mother, boy, longing, on the run, holiday ...
Time:
year 2013, 80s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
usa, canada, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Style:
touching, sexy, sad, independent film, surreal ...
Plot:
loss of child, grief, death in the family, estrangement, tragedy, death of child, support group, memory, death of son, marriage, relationships, redemption ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British government worker stuck in an ...
Style:
sincere, romantic, sweet, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, couples, love story, relationships, happy ending, marriage, love and romance, down on your luck, love, family problems, weekend, unlikely relationship ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India, France, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sweet, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
food, cooking, happy ending, housewife, relationships, unlikely relationship, destiny, chef, unconventional romance, retirement, cooking and food, honest ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 21st century
Place:
india, mumbai india, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
Style:
black comedy, psychological, dark comedy, art house, depressing ...
Plot:
alienation, prison, kidnapping, stockholm syndrome, dysfunctional family, bowling, older man teenage girl relationship, relationships, dark humor, haunted by the past, gambling, blackmail ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
new york state, new york, usa
Is relevant?
111K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, rough, teen, hood ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
kidnapping, gang, true crime, sex scene, youth, woman urinating, confrontation, male nudity, culture clash, crime gone awry, revenge, menage a trois ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2003, year 2005
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, albuquerque new mexico, palm springs california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Finding that they have much in common, the two become fast friends. Feeling jaded by a number of ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, romantic comedy, rom com, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
sexual relations, best friends in love, relationships, love, friendship, sex scene, love and romance, lovers, sexual activity, sex, couples, looking for sex ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Kenya McQueen, a corporate lawyer finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscaper.
Style:
sexy, romantic, sweet, light, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
interracial relations, interracial romance, white male black female relationship, interracial love, opposites attract, racism, career woman, hot and sexy, prejudice, culture clash, blacks and whites, gardener ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, los angeles, east africa, africa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, rough, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
investigation, rape, serial killer, hacker, sexual abuse, missing person, twists and turns, murder mystery, vengeance, murder investigation, journalist, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2011, 60s, 2010s, year 1966, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe, london, eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
Style:
emotional, epic, period piece, visually stunning, cerebral ...
Plot:
power of love, historical character, culture clash, american history, new world, native american, american indian, tudors, adventurer, indians, communication problem, fort ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, middle ages, year 2005, 16th century ...
Place:
virginia, north america, america, usa, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish ...
Style:
tense, sexy, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hacker, rape, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, strong female lead, sexual abuse, age difference, violence against women, goth, femme fatale, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2010, year 1949, year 1958 ...
Place:
scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, australia
Is relevant?
254K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
Style:
romantic, rom com, humorous, teen, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
zombie, supernatural, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, love and romance, young woman, supernatural romance, love story, interspecies romance, fall in love, young man, survival ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
Style:
emotional, depressing, touching, sad, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, female boxer, female protagonist, determination, mentor protege relationship, athlete's life, female athlete, boxing trainer, strong female character, euthanasia, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, europe, london, las vegas ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once all-boys school turned co-ed. She rules the school with strict discipline demeanor. But she has a secret—she works at a maid cafe due to her families circumstances. One day the ...
Style:
anime, humorous, shoujo, romantic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
school, teenage life, teenage love, high school, fall in love, love and romance, relationships, maid, youth, friendship, rich and poor, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The film centres on a retired, widowed professor living in Paris who develops a special relationship with a younger French woman.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
estrangement, elderly, passion, loneliness, chance meeting, death of wife, character study, suicide attempt, friendship, odd couple, dancer, optimism ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, belgium, brussels
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Lim Ju-kyung is a high school student. Since she was little, she has had a complex about her appearance. To hide her bare face, Ju-kyung always wears make-up. Her excellent make-up skills make her pretty and she hides her bare face in front of ...
Style:
dorama, sincere, touching, romantic, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
love triangle, teenage life, teenage love, teen romance, opposites attract, asian, makeup artist, bullying, makeover, love, beauty, ugly duckling ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother, Erica. Left in the care of ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, rom com, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
elderly, love story, love and romance, fall in love, age difference, love triangle, older man younger woman relationship, opposites attract, couples, female nudity, dating, writers ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, new york, france, usa, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. ...
Style:
romantic, funny, sentimental, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
long distance relationship, couples, intern, love, lovers apart, true love, male nudity, love story, sex, power of love, stereotypes, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, california, vancouver
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting ...
Style:
sexy, touching, sexual, independent film, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
lesbian, gender, coming of age, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, glbt, lgbt, sapphic, family relations, biological father, lesbian couple ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, buenos aires argentina, southern california, california
Is relevant?
148K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Style:
funny, sexual, independent film, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
bisexuality, lgbtq, lesbian, jealousy, bisexual, twists and turns, friendship, lesbian love, happy ending, sexuality, glbt, comic book ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Style:
depressing, sexual, disturbing, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, loneliness, casino, alcoholism, prostitute, alcohol abuse, prostitution, depression, self destructing, tragedy, alcoholic, medical ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, nevada
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Style:
sexy, breathtaking, visually stunning, epic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, sword fight, swords and armor, medieval, tragic love, warrior, fight, kung fu, emperor, tragic event, power of love ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2004, 2000s, 9th century ...
Place:
china, east asia, asia, ancient china, hong kong
Is relevant?
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, sexy, offbeat, detective, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
impossible love, loneliness, supernatural, supernatural ability, death, unfulfilled love, murder, dog, partner, couple relations, private detective, unlikely relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
seattle
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
A working class girl winds up at an exclusive prep school. Unassuming high school girl Jan Di stands up to -- and eventually falls for -- a spoiled rich kid who belongs to the school's most powerfu clique.
Style:
dorama, touching, romantic drama, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage life, opposites attract, cinderella story, teenage love, social differences, school, youth, love triangle, fall in love, friendship, teen romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea, asia
Is relevant?
363K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style:
hilarious, funny, absurd, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, farce, dictator, culture clash, stupidity, dark humor, un, female bodyguard, fictional country, prejudice, head of state, dissident ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york, middle east, asia, israel, andalusia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, intense, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, mafia, boy, court, suicide, brother brother relationship, witness protection, surveillance, child in peril, district attorney, lawyers and clients, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new orleans, tennessee, usa, memphis, san francisco
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Style:
teen, touching, sincere, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, youth, couples, teenage love, first love, teenage life, love, teenage girl, family relations, high school student, classmate ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, key west florida, new jersey, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, disturbing, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
childhood, kids in trouble, youth, boy, realism, adoption, social problems, life is a bitch, street kid, society, parents and children, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, belgium
Is relevant?
43K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, bleak, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
space travel, spacecraft, alien, space adventure, outer space, space wars, escapades, female alien, space, female warrior, astronaut, space opera ...
Time:
future, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
memphis
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Olga, is a young intelligent woman who raises a young son. She ends up falling in love with a married man who does not dare to leave his family.
Style:
sentimental, cynical, uplifting, melancholic
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
impossible love, destructive relationship, unlikely relationship, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, divorced woman, relationship problems, couple relations, up and down relationship, female friendship, love affair, dysfunctional relationship, breakup ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr
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