| Spice and Wolf (2008) | 7.7 | |
| Tilt (2010) | 7.3 | |
| Big (1988) | 7.3 | |
| Cold Mountain (2003) | 7.2 | |
| Still Life (2006) | 7.3 |
Longing movies and TV shows – page 2
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List of longing movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A woman discovers the man she has lived with for years is not who she thought he was...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
longing, couple relations, suicide, death, couples, hopes, betrayal, dishonesty, starting over, human nature, love, lie ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China, France
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Country girl Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her lover to study in Beijing. At university, she discovers an intense world of sexual freedom and forbidden pleasure. Enraptured, compulsive, she falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, touching, emotional, sexual ...
Plot:
true love, longing, politics, political protest, rebelliousness, idealism, political unrest, road not taken, social differences, college life, youth, society ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china, europe, asia, germany, berlin germany ...
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88K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, rom com, fairy tale, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
mermaid, happy ending, transformation, fish out of water, public nudity, cape cod massachusetts, longing, love, brother brother relationship, interspecies romance, sea, obsession ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california
Is relevant?
163K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Italy, Romania
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, epic, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
american civil war, love story, survival, civil war, tragic love, lovers reunited, slavery, tragic romance, loss of family member, star crossed lovers, getting home, loss of loved one ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, year 2003 ...
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina, appalachia, charleston south carolina ...
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18K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Claire Wilson, a young teacher at a suburban Texas high school, begins an affair with her student, Eric Walker. But their relationship accelerates faster than anticipated and the permanent damage becomes impossible to ignore.
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychological, moody
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, teacher student sex, older woman teenage boy sex, unfaithful wife, older woman teenage boy relationship, teacher student romance, older woman younger man sex, oral sex, teacher student relationship, school, longing, horny wife ...
Time:
year 2013, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
texas
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.
Style:
feel good, light, inspirational, romantic, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
longing, love triangle, obsession, motel, small town, homeless, marriage, looking for love, unfulfilled love, goofy hero, follow your dream, blind ambition ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, baltimore, washington state, new jersey ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, touching, semi serious, erotic ...
Plot:
infidelity, longing, male female relationship, couple relations, couples, seduction, prostitute, unhappiness, dishonesty, love and romance, love affair, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
TILT is a love story set against the backdrop of the changing political and social environment in Europe in the late 80's and early 90's. Can this love survive the challenges of emigration, a violent homeland and immoral social atmosphere ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
longing, forbidden love, power of love, teenage love, revolution, friendship, political unrest, coming of age, social problems, buddies, youth, lovers apart ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, germany, bulgaria
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
The Crazy Ones is an American situation comedy series created by David E. Kelley that stars Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar. The single-camera project premiered on CBS on September 26, 2013, as part of the 2013–14 American television ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
longing, advertising, workplace situations, parents and children, office, workplace, campaign, media, advertising agency, family problems, disorder, gambling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
For a fee of Rs.200/- Ankush Ramdev acted as one among four witnesses to couples who come to register their marriages at the Registrar of Marriages in Dariyaganj, Delhi. One day he comes across a single woman from Nainital and offers his services, ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating, serious
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
true love, longing, wedding, lovers apart, generosity, couples, fall in love, leaving home, love triangle, rivalry, underdog, dumped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new delhi, india
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Abu Raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. One day, he finds an old discarded pilot's hat, and discovers a calling: a group of children in his poor neighborhood assume ...
Style:
serious, uplifting, sentimental, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
longing, hopes, mistaken identity, human spirit, friendship, working class, wedding planning, elderly, life is a bitch, dishonesty, escape from reality, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
jordan, middle east
Is relevant?
258K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young boy, Josh Baskin makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, rom com, touching, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
friendship, adolescence, body swapping, child as adult, magic, coming of age, longing, toys, child's point of view, wish fulfillment, teenager, fish out of water ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, arizona, bronx new york city ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style:
touching, visually appealing, period piece, visually stunning, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, orphan, friendship, filmmaking, boy, childhood, street kid, longing, robot, harry potter, magical, destiny ...
Time:
year 2011, post world war one, 20th century, year 1931, 1930s ...
Place:
paris france, france, madagascar, iran, europe
Is relevant?
557
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An atmospheric coming-of-age story featuring an imaginative young boy named Marek who dreams of escaping an increasingly dangerous Poland on the eve of war for beautiful Venice.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, psychological, inspirational, pre war
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
longing, world war two, coming of age, boy, imagination, journey, provincial life, dream, conscription, society, magic realism, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland, venice
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.
Style:
touching, contemplative, emotional, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
longing, homecoming, disaster, demolished city, social decay, haunted by the past, introspection, life is a bitch, society, injustice, family problems, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, asia
Is relevant?
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?
12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the First World War erupted.
Style:
sexy, costume drama, sexual, period piece, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, age difference, older woman younger man sex, lovers, lost love, longing, prostitution, desire, prostitute, love story, male female relationship, fall in love ...
Time:
19th century, edwardian era, victorian era, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Three beautiful aspiring actresses embark on a mission to break into the competitive Los Angeles acting scene only to discover the road leading to stardom comes at a price.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
longing, hollywood, ambition, showbiz, price of fame, actress, female friendship, down on your luck, rising to stardom, glory, life is a bitch, mishap ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The love story of the famous ballet dancer Mathilde Kschessinska and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, costume drama, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
ballet, longing, royal romance, palace intrigue, ballerina, royal family, impossible love, female nudity, doomed love, forbidden love, passion, aristocracy ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, 20th century, 19th century, 12th century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Divorced and demoralized Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone wants to help, but, as her patience level with advice is plummeting, a bold teenage boy enters her life, ...
Style:
sexy, touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, age difference, hot and sexy, longing, sexual attraction, passionate love, family relations, introspection, unlikely couple, love and romance, divorce, depression ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Part psychological thriller and part provocative character study, A TEACHER explores the unraveling of a young high school teacher, Diana (Lindsay Burdge), after she begins an affair with one of her teenage students, Eric (Will Brittain). What ...
Style:
sexy, serious, psychological, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, teacher student relationship, teacher student sex, older woman younger man sex, high school, forbidden love, passion, secret relationship, sexual pleasure, older woman teenage boy relationship, longing, sex in car ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The most feared battle emcee in early-'80s NYC was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At age 14, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, hood
Plot:
longing, hip hop, ambition, rise to the top, gang, black, strong female character, life is a bitch, ghetto, homeless, african, poverty ...
Place:
indiana
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: India, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Insia Malik is a talented 15-year-old school girl from Baroda whose spirit is ripped because her mother is in a troubled and violent marriage. Of course she still dares to pursue her dream of becoming a singer and she also valiantly attempts to free ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teenage girl, longing, singing, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, secret, teenager, husband wife conflict, family secret, follow your dream, unsupportive parent, coming of age ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Singapore, Taiwan, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Wet Season revolves around the life of Ling, a schoolteacher who deals with infertility while having to take care of her infirm father-in-law at home. One of Ling's students, Kok Wei Lun, develops a crush on her during remedial Chinese classes. ...
Style:
erotic, psychological, captivating
Plot:
longing, older woman younger man relationship, older woman teenage boy sex, older woman teenage boy relationship, teacher student sex, forbidden love, teacher student romance, age difference, wanting a baby, passion, extramarital affair, dysfunctional marriage ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Style:
psychological, captivating, inspirational, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
skateboarder, longing, skater, girl, teenage life, female protagonist, direction and purpose, social relations, strong female lead, athlete's life, aspiration, coping ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, sincere, hispanic, anamorphic ...
Plot:
singing, dancing, longing, dating, summer, swimming pool, immigrant, ambition, city life, dance, love, undocumented immigrant ...
Time:
2020s, year 1943, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, dominican republic, new york, puerto rico, bronx new york city ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of Dylan Pettersson, a 23-year-old girl from a small island in the Swedish archipelago with big dancing aspirations.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, sincere
Plot:
dancer, dancing, lgbt, longing, dancehall girl, dancer's life, talent, woman, dance club, ambition, direction and purpose, daydreamer ...
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Kenya, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mwas, a young aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming an accomplished actor one day, and in pursuit of this, he makes his way to Nairobi, the city of opportunity. He quickly understands why Nairobi is nicknamed Nairrobery as he is ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
longing, ambition, desire for fame, friendship, follow your dream, fish out of water, society, hopes, life is a bitch, social decay, lifestyle, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kenya, africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: Ireland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Irish Traveller Frances has to fight for the right to pursue her passion... boxing. She is determined to make her idol Muhammad Ali proud, as well as her father who has recently been released from prison. But when she wants to show him just how ...
Style:
inspirational, captivating, social, motivational, entertaining
Plot:
boxing, longing, boxing training, ambition, boxer, champion, coping, fight, direction and purpose, athlete's life, social problems, aspiration ...
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
This film, loosely inspired by Anton Chekov's The Seagull, weaves a story about sex, family and the business of making films. When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his girlfriend Lili ...
Style:
serious, realistic, erotic, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
erotica, longing, sexual attraction, infidelity, outdoor sex, passion, unhappiness, dysfunctional family, filmmaking, actor's life, love triangle, couples ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
france, brittany
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