| Men in Trees (2006) | 7.3 | |
| Lost (2004) | 8.3 | |
| Corrina, Corrina (1994) | 6.6 | |
| We Bought a Zoo (2011) | 7.0 | |
| Manifest (2018) | 7.0 |
Starting over movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant starting over movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good and emotional films and TV shows about / with starting over, hopes, relationships, mentor, life philosophy, runaway, destiny, catastrophe, women and culture clash plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as starting over: Wild (2014), Hope Floats (1998), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Safe Haven (2013), Brooklyn (2015), Doc Martin (2001), Eat Pray Love (2010), An Unfinished Life (2005), Where the Heart Is (2000), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991).
Best films
List of starting over movies
146K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Style:
meditative, road movie, inspirational, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, nature, hiking, grief, starting over, female protagonist, death of mother, tourism, human spirit, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1995, 2010s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, portland oregon, oregon, usa, mojave desert ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but ...
Style:
touching, romantic, sentimental, romantic drama, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
small town, starting over, couples, love story, happy ending, cheerleading, love, betrayal, family problems, divorce, single father, bullying ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, chicago, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After a rough divoce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, touching, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
small town, writers, divorce, love, passion, life, tourist, starting over, male female relationship, middle aged woman, friendship, vineyard ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, tuscany, san francisco, california ...
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121K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Style:
romantic, touching, teen, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
small town, love story, obsession, starting over, love, small town life, love and romance, single father, power of love, domestic violence, fall in love, abusive husband ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, boston, south carolina, new jersey ...
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158K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, romantic, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
immigrant, love and romance, starting over, sex scene, marriage proposal, hopes, immigration, friendship, female protagonist, true love, love affair, homesickness ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 2010s, year 2015, 1900s ...
Place:
ireland, brooklyn new york city, new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, america ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Doc Martin tells the tale of Martin Clunes' character in the film, in the months leading up to the Saving Grace story. Martin Bamford is a heart-broken London obstetrician, in a jealous rage after he finds out that his wife has been sleeping ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, light, sincere ...
Plot:
starting over, dishonesty, introspection, infidelity, homecoming, husband wife relationship, adultery, doctor, village, social relations, cons and scams, village life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, cornwall
Is relevant?
113K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India, Indonesia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced ...
Style:
romantic, inspirational, touching, sentimental, road movie ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night, chick flick
Plot:
self discovery, midlife crisis, travel, lifestyle change, love, starting over, journey, life, changing lives, introspection, fall in love, tourist ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
italy, india, indonesia, europe, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Stoic and heartbroken, Einar Gilkyson quietly lives in the rugged Wyoming ranchlands alongside his only trusted friend, Mitch Bradley. Then, suddenly, the woman he blames for the death of his only son arrives at his door broke, desperate, and with a ...
Style:
inspirational, sweet, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
beautiful scenery, starting over, redemption, farm, small town, family in crisis, countryside, domestic abuse, relationships, family problems, hopes, friendship ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, montana, iowa, ireland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside in Sequoyah, Okla., and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. In short order, ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sentimental, sweet, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot:
pregnancy, starting over, coming of age, small town, single parent, friendship, teenage pregnancy, power of love, down on your luck, youth, love and romance, happy ending ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma, tennessee, california, usa, maine ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Style:
suspense, psychological, sexy, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, domestic violence, stalking, violent husband, woman in danger, starting over, abusive husband, psychopath, marital abuse, abusive relationship, dangerous attraction, revenge ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 90s
Place:
africa, usa, iowa, san francisco, boston
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows a best-selling author of a self-help book series who is secretly hiding her separation from her husband as she starts to navigate her life as a single woman in her 40's in Los Angeles. She starts to side with and take advice more from ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
starting over, divorce, friends, dating, self discovery, breakup, singleness, writer's life, marriage, middle aged, relationship problems, character change ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandy, upon discovering her husband's infidelity while watching her son's birthday video, leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. She gets an apartment that's above a coffee house where she befriends one of the workers, Aram, a ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, kids ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, single parent, love and romance, couples, age difference, parents and children, starting over, infidelity, sex, relationships, unfaithful husband, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, istanbul turkey, new jersey
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the ...
Style:
touching, feel good, romantic, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
animal, single father, happy ending, zoo, coping, kids and family, starting over, beautiful scenery, tiger, parenthood, countryside, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A woman regains her sense of self through a sexual reawakening after her husband leaves her for another woman.
Style:
humorous, sexy, sentimental, semi serious, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
breakup, self confidence, self esteem, starting over, self discovery, seduction, journalist, infidelity, battle of the sexes, love and romance, journalism, marital problem ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Is relevant?
219K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jasmine French used to be on the top of the heap as a New York socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in San Francisco utterly ruined. As Jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ...
Style:
depressing, psychological, realistic, cynical, philosophical ...
Plot:
depression, riches to rags, starting over, narcissism, suicide, family drama, relationships, tragedy, mental health, sisters, mission, high society ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, new york, california, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, thought provoking, visually stunning ...
Plot:
world war two, friendship, farm, childhood, holocaust, anti semitism, culture clash, immigrant, wartime life, hopes, food shortage, hockey ...
Time:
1930s, year 2002, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
kenya, africa, germany, south africa, east africa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Men in Trees is an American romantic television comedy-drama series which premiered on September 12, 2006 on ABC and starred Anne Heche who played relationship coach Marin Frist. The series was set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska and concerned ...
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love and romance, looking for love, starting over, fish out of water, social relations, dating, village life, fall in love, hopes, lifestyle, writer's life, family problems ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
homeless, homeless teenager, against the odds, drug addict, youth, starting over, university, family problems, dysfunctional family, hopes, society, aids ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
nova scotia, america, new york, usa
Is relevant?
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106K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, sexy, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
wine, vineyard, countryside, fall in love, love story, character change, inheritance, love and romance, workaholic, stock broker, starting over, doubts and hesitations ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
provence, france, europe, england, london ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young boy who tries to set his dad up on a date after the death of his mother. He calls into a radio station to talk about his dad’s loneliness which soon leads the dad into meeting a Journalist Annie who flies to Seattle to write a story about ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, family outing, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
happy ending, radio, loneliness, single parent, couples, love and romance, love story, looking for love, life, destiny, starting over, love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1992, year 1991
Place:
seattle, manhattan new york city, new york, washington state, baltimore ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. ...
Style:
black and white, psychological, humorous, touching, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
starting over, love, older man younger woman relationship, knife thrower, life & death, mentor, sexuality, loneliness, existentialism, haunted by the past, suicidal, sex ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
paris france, france, greece, europe, glasgow scotland ...
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past.
Style:
humorous, realistic, psychological, melancholic, compassionate ...
Plot:
therapy, small town, depression, starting over, mental illness, psychologist, friendship, fugitive, secret, flashback, psychiatrist, trust ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
china, phoenix arizona, west virginia, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from his late wife.
Style:
sentimental, romantic, light, touching, entertaining ...
Plot:
father son relationship, home renovation, starting over, real life father and son playing father and son, divorce, family values, artist, family drama, romantic relationship, new life, lifestyle change, happy ending ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
italy, tuscany, london, europe
Is relevant?
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33K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the novel by Pamela Redmond Satran, "Younger" follows 40-year old Liza, a suddenly single mother who tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at her age. When a chance ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, captivating, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
workplace situations, age difference, starting over, career, single mother, older woman younger man relationship, best friend, workplace humor, hidden identity, twentysomething life, male objectification, writers ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A compelling drama that explores the different meanings of being a parent through the gritty, realistic lives of a struggling family, and a privileged family. Their lives intersect, intertwine and collide, all for the love of a little boy. This film ...
Style:
sincere, sexy, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
custody, hopes, adoption, starting over, parents and children, social worker, family life, wife abuse, adopted son, christian, family in crisis, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio, florida
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, progress, social relations, starting over, society, italian immigrant, tradition, superstition, family history, parent child relationship, hopes, emigrant ...
Time:
victorian era, year 2006, 20th century, 1920s, turn of the century ...
Place:
sicily, italy, new york, europe, palermo italy ...
Is relevant?
103K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years have passed in what seemed like a few hours. As their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the ...
Style:
mysterious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
time warp, a vision, life & death, mysticism, passenger, airplane accident, starting over, presumed dead, twists and turns, supernatural, travel, airplane ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
starting over, life turned upside down, self discovery, parents and children, family life, eccentric family, family relations, breakup, relationship vs career, family problems, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, venice california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
Style:
psychological, touching, melancholic, sincere, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
suicide, suicidal, mental institution, coma, female protagonist, terminal illness, hopes, suicide attempt, starting over, doctors and patients, depression, life & death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
Style:
romantic, teen, romantic comedy, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
new year, multiple storylines, new year's eve, love and romance, hopes, looking for love, lifestyle, starting over, christmas, teenager, winter, holiday ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, los angeles
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