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List of unlikely relationship movies

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Boys Over Flowers (2009)
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, sentimental, romantic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, opposites attract, cinderella story, teenage life, teenage love, friendship, love triangle, school, high school hunk, rich man poor woman, teen romance, social differences ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, asia
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Winter Cherries (1985)
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: cynical, sentimental, uplifting, melancholic
Audience: chick flick
Plot: destructive relationship, unlikely relationship, divorced woman, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, love affair, breakup, up and down relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, impossible love, female friendship, couple relations ...
Time: 80s
Place: ussr
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 7.1
 13K
Venus (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes absolutely taken with Jessie - the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their ...
Style: sentimental, romantic, touching, realistic, twisted ...
Plot: aging, age difference, art, elderly, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, art class, teenage life, lifestyle, actor's life, peeping tom, old age ...
Time: year 2006
Place: london
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Harold and Maude (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, feel good, touching, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: coming of age, suicide, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, funeral, eccentricity, existentialism, misfit, alienation, old age, depression, couples ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa
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Forgotten Tune for the Flute (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart. This unpleasant incident provided an ...
Style: sentimental, melancholic, uplifting, touching, romantic ...
Plot: social relations, up and down relationship, adulterous husband, it was all a dream, doomed love, adultery, doomed romance, crumbling relationship, impossible love, couple relations, love affair, forbidden love ...
Place: russia, ussr
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Nothing to Declare (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story: During the elimination of the Belgian/French border in the 90s, a Belgian customs officer is forced to team up with one of his French counterparts.
Style: witty, realistic, funny, feel good, emotional ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: customs officer, culture clash, reluctant partners, french police, comedy duo, partner, unsupportive coworkers, snobbism, politics, society, frontier town, coworker relationship ...
Time: 90s, 80s, year 2011, year 1993, year 1986 ...
Place: belgium, france, europe
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High Security Vacation (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Two escaped convicts pose as children's summer camp staff in order to evade capture and learn about caring for others in the process. Sumrak has been in prison since he was 16 years old but is pushing thirty now, is well acquainted with prison ...
Style: light, realistic, humorous, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: summer camp, social relations, self discovery, starting over, ex cop, children, prison, human relationship, camp counselor, changing lives, escaped prisoner, unlikely relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
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 5.4
 185
Miss Change (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Je-Chil is a lawyer that does well financially, but he has never dated a woman in his life. He can't even make eye contact with women. His severe shyness effects his job. In court, he can't make eye contact with women and becomes brain ...
Style: romantic, satirical, feel good, light, semi serious ...
Plot: body swapping, dating, switching bodies, lawyer, changing lives, shyness, unlikely relationship, switching roles, love story, lifestyle change, switching places, hotshot lawyer ...
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 7.2
 3K
Friend Zone (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In this world, there are many people who seem to be wandering along a relationship border-lining 'friends' and 'lovers'. This borderline is also commonly known as the FRIEND ZONE. It is a special area for those who are stuck in ...
Style: light, semi serious, feel good, sweet, emotional ...
Plot: jealousy, unlikely relationship, stereotypes, friends, love, wedding, storytelling, life philosophy, unlikely friendships, singleness, newcomer, flirting ...
Place: east asia, thailand
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10 Rules for Falling in Love (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Womanizer father teaches clumsy son the decalogue of seduction: ten foolproof rules to make any woman fall in love. But the results will be not what expected.
Style: sweet, light, sentimental, romantic, feel good
Plot: seductive behavior, mentor, father son relationship, group of friends, shyness, shy man, love and romance, unlikely relationship, life philosophy, teaching the ways of the world, couple relations, character change ...
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 8.1
 18
Mr. Right (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Story: Cheng Hao is a dentist who spends his free time helping others devise ways to get the girl of their dreams, despite the fact that he has never been in love. He meets Luo Yue who deals with jerks and heartbreakers.
Style: light, romantic, feel good, witty, sweet
Plot: psychological manipulation, love and romance, friendship, mentor, unlikely relationship, teaching the ways of the world, couple relations, initially antagonists, unlikely couple, seductive behavior, love affair, love ...
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 7.7
 986
Meteor Garden (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Shan Cai, whose parents are far from wealthy, attends Ying De University, the private school established exclusively for rich students. Besides being looked down by rich classmates, she has angered the leader of F4, Dao Ming Si.
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching
Plot: rich man poor woman, love triangle, teen romance, cinderella story, friendship, mother son relationship, unlikely relationship, against the odds, opposites attract, love, betrayal, school ...
Place: thailand
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My Worst Nightmare (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Agathe runs an art gallery. Her husband François is a publisher. Together they have one son, and in every way seem to be the picture of normality — but emotions are stewing under the surface. All it takes is the arrival of a complete stranger for ...
Style: humorous, feel good, funny, cynical, entertaining ...
Audience: date night
Plot: bossy woman, older man younger woman relationship, opposites attract, family relations, social differences, life turned upside down, self discovery, power relations, rich and poor, parents and children, society, human nature ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, belgium
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9-Month Stretch (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Ariane Felder is pregnant! This is surprising with her being a young hardened judge with strict morals. But what is more surprising is that, according to paternity testing, the child's father is none other than Bob, a criminal from the ...
Style: not serious, witty, humorous, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, life turned upside down, singleness, alcohol abuse, false accusation, unlikely relationship, female judge, surprising revelation, comedy of errors, reluctant partners, memory loss ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: france
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Everything Is Love (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A girl gets through a break up with her and her fiancé when she knows that he's cheating on her. A young passionate man helps her and they fall in love but there is some conditions that keeps them from being together.
Style: funny, entertaining, sweet, humorous
Audience: date night
Plot: unfaithful boyfriend, friendship, couple relations, female friendship, womanizer, wedding, female protagonist, betrayal, unlikely relationship, unlikely partners, couples, fall in love ...
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Aida of the Trees (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: In a world divided between two cities, the evil stone dragon Satam and his followers in the city of Petra wage war against the peaceful Tree People of Alborea. Beautiful Princess Aida, the daughter of Alborea's king, is taken prisoner by the ...
Style: intercultural, captivating, scenic, touching, anime
Plot: love and romance, fantasy world, beautiful scenery, love affair, battles, interspecies friendship, hopes, unlikely relationship, princess, fish out of water, interspecies romance, strong female character ...
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I'll Do Better Next Life (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Omori Momoe is twenty-seven-years-old, single and works at Studio Delta. She is thin and attractive. She should be courting suitors and taking her pick of the crop. Well, actually she does. She is having sex despite being single. In fact, she is ...
Style: romantic, controversial, sex comedy, humorous, disturbing ...
Plot: japanese woman, sexuality, sex toy, loose woman, free spirited, sexual activity, promiscuity, sexual attraction, couple relations, unlikely relationship, male female relationship, sexy woman ...
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 6.8
 2K
My Left Side (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: The drama series follows the story of a mother and her young daughter, Serra, as they try to get used to their new life in an ordinary neighbourhood after falling from grace.
Style: touching, sincere, romantic, sentimental
Plot: teen romance, love, class differences, opposites attract, poor family, teenage love, family disapproval, against the odds, family problems, high school, teenage life, unlikely relationship ...
Place: turkey
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Reunited Worlds (2017)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Although born in the same year, two childhood friends end up being 13 years apart because they have aged surprisingly at different places (worlds) for some strange reason. Now Eom Hyeon Soo is a 31-year-old woman but Sung Hae Sung is still a ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching, surprise ending, thought provoking
Plot: life & death, bittersweet, love and romance, love, unlikely relationship, philosophy, lifestyle change, impossible love, family relations, race against time, loneliness, dealing with death ...
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Where Stars Land (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: This series follows people who work diligently at Incheon International Airport. Lee Soo Yeon graduated from prestigious KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). He begins work at Incheon International Airport and gives himself a ...
Style: sincere, melancholic, romantic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: couples, airport, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship vs career, workplace, coworker, unlikely relationship, bittersweet, character study, life changing experience, introspection, lifestyle ...
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Hit-and-Run Squad (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Min-jae, a rookie police officer with a natural born talent for driving, is assigned to the perfect team: the Hit-and-Run Squad. But at the same time, for police detective Si-yeon, it is a place she is unjustly demoted to for doing her job. The two ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, confusing
Audience: chick flick
Plot: workplace situations, traffic policeman, romancing partners, unlikely relationship, police station, society, unlikely partners, road accident, reluctant partners, police investigation, danger, injustice ...
Place: south korea
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 5.6
 2K
Hooking Up (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the road trip come to light, ...
Style: sexy, psychological, disturbing, controversial, independent film ...
Plot: interracial love, black man white woman sex, nymphomania, interracial sex, black man white woman relationship, cancer, seduction, interracial romance, sexual relations, life is a bitch, terminal illness, encounter ...
Time: 2020s
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 5.7
 691
Something New (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Lucia and Maria are two best friends, who have known each other from the beginning of their life, but have very different tastes and behaviors. Lucia is done with men, Maria, on the contrary, cannot be without one. One night, the perfect man shows ...
Style: sexy, light, semi serious, emotional, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, secret lover, love triangle, best friend, female friendship, jealousy, young man, couple relations, unfaithful boyfriend, love story, betrayal, friendship gone bad ...
Time: 21st century
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Seriously Single (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Africa
Duration: 107 min.
Story: While her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.
Style: humorous, light, funny, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: ex boyfriend, feminine wiles, dating show, unfulfilled love, female friendship, single woman, betrayal, new life, fall in love, dishonesty, friendship, infidelity ...
Place: south africa, africa
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 6.1
 178K
The Promise (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Style: sad, factual, heartbreaking, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Plot: armenian genocide, love triangle, world war one, genocide, true love, wedding, orphanage, tragic love, love affair, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, war ...
Time: 1910s, 2010s
Place: ottoman empire, turkey, istanbul turkey
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 7.0
 15K
Believe (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Believe is about an unlikely relationship between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: telekinesis, young heroes, heroes, protector, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, orphan, escapades, imaginary, good versus evil, on the run ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Style: touching, emotional, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: dog, friendship, loyalty, pets, human animal relationship, life & death, animal, loss of friend, loneliness, loss, friends, death ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s
Place: japan, rhode island, usa
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 8.0
 14K
True Beauty (2020)
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, touching, sincere, romantic, romantic comedy ...
Plot: love triangle, bullying, friendship, fame, teen romance, ugly duckling, teenage love, teenage life, love, makeup artist, asian, opposites attract ...
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 6.6
 334K
Hitch (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara ...
Style: feel good, romantic, funny, light, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: flirting, love, love and romance, dating, looking for love, interracial romance, power of love, love story, wooing, eligible bachelor, slick, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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Driving Lessons (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
Style: sentimental, witty, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, eccentricity, obsession, family problems, friendship, parenthood, honest, redemption, parents and children, intergenerational friendship, family relations ...
Time: year 2006
Place: england, scotland, united kingdom, edinburgh scotland, london
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