| Yi Yi (2000) | 8.1 | |
| Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 8.6 | |
| Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 8.0 | |
| Sweet Sixteen (2002) | 7.4 | |
| Amelie (2001) | 8.3 |
Chance movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant chance movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional, serious and touching films and TV shows about / with chance, redemption, friendship, love, destiny, family relations, hopes, love and romance, betrayal and transformation plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, Poland and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as chance: Sliding Doors (1998), The Big Fat Stone (2014), Along Came Polly (2004), Vidiyum Munn (2013), Victorio (2008), Notes from Dad (2013), Walking the Halls (2012), Audition (2005), Small Time Gangster (2011), One More Chance (2007).
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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:
romantic, sexy, feel good, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
infidelity, choice, road not taken, destiny, multiple outcomes, time loop, breakup, time travel, parallel universe, love story, relationships, butterfly effect ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place:
london, england, europe, usa, tower bridge london ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Frank D'Angelo's drama about a homeless man's roller coaster ride of success and failure.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, touching, heartfelt ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
homelessness, chance, second chance, changing lives, lifestyle change, homeless, resilience, personal growth, hopes, transformation, chance meeting, bittersweet ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside ...
Style:
romantic, romantic comedy, humorous, cute, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love and romance, honeymoon, love, ferret, wedding, opposites attract, cheating wife, infidelity, happy ending, relationships, insurance company, dance lesson ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, long island, usa, caribbean ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Alex's high opinion of himself isn't backed up by reality as he is unemployed and having trouble with his girlfriend. When he finally gets a job with the local council/municipality of Hudiksvall his life is about to change. Suddenly Alex ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot:
down syndrome, disability, chance, against the odds, misfit, personal growth, self confidence, mentally challenged, theatre group, loss of friend, group of friends, european ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Greed, lust and anger collide and threaten to rip apart the lives of two disparate women on the run to seek refuge. Vidiyum Munn explores the darker side of life and the emotional imbalance it can create in the hearts of those who succumb to it.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
child in peril, on the run, hopes, life is a bitch, youth, prostitute, danger, redemption, gangster, chance, strong female presence, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A story of redemption, drama and action, where only love can overcome all obstacles.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
redemption, hopes, gang, going straight, fall in love, gangster, love and romance, family relations, chance, forbidden love, urban, mature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Trumpet player Roy Allen starts anew as a music teacher in a school full of kids with little exposure to music. Roy connects with a talented virtuoso in need of a father figure. Through the journey of launching a school band and learning to reach ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
trumpet player, teacher, music teacher, teachers and students, dysfunctional family, music band, dedicated educator, chance, family relations, parents and children, high school, jazz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
High school senior Casey finds herself seduced into the fast lifestyle of a call girl ring run by a campus police officer and must pull herself out before she loses all self-control. made for TV
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, touching, tense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
prostitute, threesome, marital strife, youth, self control, parents and children, corrupt officer, chance, lifestyle, social relations, teenage life, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Louis is "repo man" who is no stranger to strong-arm tactics in his work, but he has dreamed of becoming an actor since he was a child. When cousin helps him get an audition, he gets the help of a fam... read more ous actor to him secretly ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, psychological, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
relationship vs career, chance, audition, pregnancy, career change, couples, rehearsal, introspection, hopes, filmmaking, dream, actor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
Small Time Gangster is an Australian drama series produced by Boilermaker-Burberry Entertainment for Movie Extra subscription television channel.
The series follows the adventures of Tony Piccolo, a man who works hard to support his wife Cathy and ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, crime drama, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, midlife crisis, going straight, couples, family relations, couple relations, chance, unfulfillment, secret life, friendship, rivalry, quitting job ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Popoy and Basha had been together forever. Their love story began when they first met as students at university. They had been inseparable and did everything together—eating, studying and attending parties. However, Popoy's incessant planning ...
Style:
tagalog, psychological, realistic, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
longing, cheerleader, breakup, love, chance, new life, regret, couples, breaking up with girlfriend, society, life lesson, group of friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After a court order sends him to work at a hospice, an ex-criminal strikes up a friendship with a compassionate priest who changes his life.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
second chance, chance, empathy, humanity, redemption, transformation, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, relationship problems, forgiveness, life changing ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
One night in a small town in North Carolina, fate brings together three lives: an entertainment lawyer returning home to his dying mother after years in escape of his past, a woman trying to reclaim her supposed love, and a boy with a penchant for ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, independent film
Plot:
hopes, family relations, friendship, redemption, starting over, love and romance, human nature, parents and children, destiny, small town, chance, single parent ...
Place:
north carolina, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A young Silicon Valley tech-titan enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting-edge, new school approach to medicine.
Style:
medical drama, captivating, disturbing, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
genius, billionaire, invention, hospital, doctor, medicine, computer genius, medical, silicon valley, fate of humanity, chance, treatment ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, semi serious, emotional, disturbing
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, sport competition, basketball player, sport team, teenager, follow your dream, direction and purpose, professional sports, desire for fame, aspiration, professional athlete, ambition ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Charlotte Hart, a distinguished journalist, is spending time with her family over the holidays when a real estate developer approaches their small town with quite an offer. Skeptical and looking for the real scoop, Charlotte drives to see the real ...
Style:
romantic, humorous, feel good, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, out of body experience, small town, winter, land developer, coma, human spirit, accident, supernatural, journalism, character change ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Andy is a passionate artist whose family has been building Rose Parade floats for generations. When her Dad gets sick, Andy is forced to take the helm and supervise the construction and decoration of their client's float. And to make matters ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, happy ending, new year's eve, opposites attract, unlikely couple, transformation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, christmas romance, chance meeting, flowers, family business ...
Place:
pasadena california
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When a newly promoted football club lose their trainer just before the start of the league season, a female, Helena Mikkelsen, gets the historic chance to coach the team, even before an ambitious retired professional.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
football, small town, rivalry, soccer, new job, mother daughter relationship, sexism, contests and competitions, female empowerment, coaching, sport team, chance ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Chancer John lives for playing the odds - and he's always willing to take a calculated risk. But when he meets the mysterious and beautiful female bookie Stan, he discovers there's much more to gambling than just greyhounds and horses. ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
gambling, bet, bookies, risk, obsession, husband wife relationship, life turned upside down, rescue, money, femme fatale, manipulation, deception ...
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547
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). They meet up regularly at a Parisian bookmakers’, their favourite haunt. Tired of frittering ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, comedy drama ...
Plot:
gambling, friends, ambition, partner, buddies, misfit partners, contests and competitions, disorder, rivalry, horse race, racehorse, chance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, monte carlo, france, french riviera
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776
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Three men, one place and one event that will change the life of each one of them.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
social issues, villager, changing lives, social relations, social problems, society, village life, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, male protagonist, crisis, mature ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After receiving a tip-off, compulsive gambler Sergio returns to the betting house trying to recover all the money he has lost , but another gambler bursts into the place with a gun and a gunshot will change his life forever.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
gambling, money, problem, gambler, money problems, gambling debt, desperation, loss, addiction, chance, regret, fate ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
33K
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan, Japan
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.
Style:
philosophical, emotional, touching, art house, cerebral ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, wedding, first love, coma, love, children, elevator, regret, dysfunctional family, lovers reunited, couples, destiny ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo, taipei ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Style:
cerebral, political, philosophical, anthology, surreal ...
Plot:
train, politics, butterfly effect, philosophy, dialogue, art, existentialism, destiny, time travel, communism, female nudity, love ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, near future, 70s
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, libya, california ...
Is relevant?
348K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Style:
cerebral, clever, depressing, sincere, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, social problems, human nature, child prodigy, coincidence, depression, sex, cancer, fictional game show, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, terminal illness ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, 60s, 1950s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, reno nevada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jean-Pierre is a literature professor in Switzerland. Due to the vagarities of Swiss law, he is selected, basically at random, to be the guardian of a parentless teenage boy named Antoine. Conflict comes into the story as Jean-Pierre, who has just ...
Style:
crying, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, closeted gay, teacher, lgbtq, glbt, adoption, gay, gay subtext, chance, guardian, secret life, two males in bed ...
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.
Style:
rom com, entertaining, feel good, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
slutty attitude, older woman younger man relationship, neurotic woman, male objectification, love, rivalry, ex husband ex wife relationship, older woman younger man, milf, jealousy, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
los angeles, pacific ocean, new york, greece, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the ...
Style:
twist ending, exciting, sentimental, ambiguous ending, captivating ...
Plot:
art, artist, painting, painter, communism, legal system, father daughter relationship, professor, one legged man, loss of mother, teacher student relationship, art history ...
Time:
50s, year 1948, year 1952, 1940s, year 1950 ...
Place:
poland
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man switches plane tickets with another man who dies in that plane in a crash. The man falls in love with the deceased one's wife.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, melancholic, romantic, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
widow, redemption, betrayal, starting over, love and romance, haunted by the past, hopes, love, guilt, advertising, aviation, grief ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, palm springs california, usa, new york ...
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