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, sentimental and emotional films and TV shows about / with starting over, hopes, family relations, love and romance, fall in love, couples, love, women, woman and marriage plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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starting over movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as starting over: Wild (2014), The Rebound (2009), Brooklyn (2015), Safe Haven (2013), Hope Floats (1998), Barefoot (2005), A Good Year (2006), Where the Heart Is (2000), Blue Jasmine (2013), Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014).

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 7.1
 138K
Wild (2014)
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, uplifting, inspirational, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: wilderness, self discovery, survival, nature, hiking, grief, female protagonist, starting over, human spirit, death of mother, cheating on husband, traveler ...
Time: year 1995, year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 90s
Place: california, portland oregon, usa, mojave desert, oregon ...
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 6.3
 50K
The Rebound (2009)
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: romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, entertaining, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, single parent, starting over, love and romance, parents and children, couple relations, nanny, age difference, fall in love, infidelity, unfaithful husband, couples ...
Time: year 2009, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, istanbul turkey
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 7.5
 150K
Brooklyn (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Style: sentimental, touching, romantic, sweet, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot: starting over, love and romance, immigrant, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, female protagonist, immigration, true love, working class, homesickness, coming of age, hopes ...
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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 6.6
 116K
Safe Haven (2013)
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: touching, romantic, teen, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: small town, love story, obsession, starting over, love, small town life, love and romance, single father, domestic violence, power of love, fall in love, choice ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa, boston, south carolina
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 6.0
 30K
Hope Floats (1998)
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: romantic, sentimental, touching, light, sad ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: small town, starting over, happy ending, couples, infidelity, love story, love, family relations, betrayal, married woman, family problems, divorce ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: texas, austin texas, usa, chicago
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 7.1
 11K
Barefoot (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A hedonistic bachelor, falls for an escaped mental patient. Til Schweiger comes up with a slickly-made off-the-wall romantic comedy drama "Barfuss" (Barefoot), his first solo directing effort in nearly a decade. Punchy, ...
Style: romantic, sincere, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Plot: opposites attract, mental illness, starting over, love affair, psychiatry, runaway, social misfits, mental health, fall in love, hopes, couples, illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 6.9
 101K
A Good Year (2006)
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, inspirational, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: wine, vineyard, fall in love, countryside, character change, love story, love and romance, starting over, doubts and hesitations, workaholic, inheritance, self discovery ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place: provence, france, europe, england, london
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Where the Heart Is (2000)
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: feel good, touching, sincere, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot: pregnancy, starting over, small town, coming of age, teenage pregnancy, single parent, friendship, youth, love and romance, power of love, family relations, female protagonist ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, 20th century
Place: oklahoma, tennessee, california, usa, mississippi ...
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 7.3
 212K
Blue Jasmine (2013)
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, tragicomedy, semi serious ...
Plot: depression, riches to rags, unfaithful husband, narcissism, suicide, family drama, mental illness, starting over, tragedy, sisters, relationships, family relations ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, california, new york, usa
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Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014)
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: realistic, semi serious, humorous, erotic, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: starting over, divorce, friends, dating, self discovery, breakup, writer's life, singleness, middle aged, lifestyle change, couple relations, writers ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 6.3
 214K
The Internship (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.
Style: funny, motivational, light, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot: workplace, starting over, new job, career, computers and web, rivalry, boss and employee, fish out of water, middle aged, lifestyle change, underdog, staff ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, san francisco, usa
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 5.6
 602
Sex & Mrs. X (2000)
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, inspirational ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: self esteem, breakup, self confidence, starting over, seduction, journalist, self discovery, infidelity, battle of the sexes, love and romance, journalism, marital problem ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, france, europe
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An Unfinished Life (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
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: sincere, touching, sweet, inspirational, sentimental ...
Plot: starting over, beautiful scenery, farm, countryside, hopes, relationships, small town, family relations, single parent, family in crisis, change of heart, old friend ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: wyoming, montana, iowa
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 7.3
 6K
Men in Trees (2006)
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: realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, clever ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: starting over, looking for love, fish out of water, love and romance, social relations, dating, village life, lifestyle, writer's life, family problems, breakup, fall in love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: alaska, usa
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The Shipping News (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Style: melancholic, emotional, stylized, serious, captivating ...
Plot: small town, adultery, single parent, incest, depression, isolation, kidnapping, reporter, starting over, haunted by the past, adaptation, loneliness ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: canada, newfoundland, nova scotia, atlantic ocean
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Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
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: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: obsession, domestic violence, stalking, violent husband, woman in danger, starting over, psychopath, dangerous attraction, haunted by the past, revenge, abusive relationship, obsessive love ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: africa, iowa, usa
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 7.0
 151K
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
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: feel good, inspirational, touching, sincere, romantic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: single father, zoo, happy ending, animal, children, father son relationship, tiger, little girl, starting over, family life, countryside, beautiful scenery ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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 7.8
 25K
Younger (2015)
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, single mother, career, older woman younger man relationship, best friend, twentysomething life, workplace humor, male objectification, contract, writers ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 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, family outing, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: homeless, homeless teenager, against the odds, life is a bitch, drug addict, youth, starting over, university, family problems, dysfunctional family, society, aids ...
Time: 21st century
Place: america, nova scotia, new york, usa
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 5.8
 105K
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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: inspirational, romantic, touching, road movie, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot: self discovery, travel, midlife crisis, lifestyle change, love, female protagonist, journey, starting over, introspection, changing lives, life, fall in love ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: italy, india, indonesia, bali, rome italy ...
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 6.0
 11K
Made in Italy (2020)
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: entertaining, light, romantic, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: father son relationship, home renovation, starting over, family values, real life father and son playing father and son, family drama, romantic relationship, happy ending, lifestyle change, love and romance, life philosophy, new life ...
Time: 2020s
Place: tuscany, italy, london
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The Girl on the Bridge (1999)
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, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: starting over, older man younger woman relationship, love, life & death, mentor, loneliness, sexuality, existentialism, haunted by the past, suicidal, love story, relationships ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: paris france, france, greece, europe, glasgow scotland ...
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 6.8
 9K
Mumford (1999)
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, feel good, realistic, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot: therapy, small town, depression, starting over, mental illness, friendship, psychologist, character study, life philosophy, happy ending, loneliness, fall in love ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place: phoenix arizona, china, west virginia
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Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
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, scenic, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: writers, small town, divorce, passion, tourist, friendship, life, middle aged woman, male female relationship, starting over, love, journey ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, tuscany, san francisco, california ...
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 6.8
 5K
Golden Door (2006)
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: touching, emotional, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: immigrant, hopes, social relations, starting over, society, progress, tradition, superstition, italian immigrant, parent child relationship, family history, emigration ...
Time: victorian era, year 2006, 20th century, 1920s, 1900s ...
Place: sicily, usa, italy, new york, europe ...
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 7.3
 230K
Chef (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, road movie, touching, culinary ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: cooking, chef, food, cooking and food, road trip, happy ending, father son relationship, parent child relationship, starting over, restaurant owner, business, divorce ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, future, y2k, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, florida, usa, new orleans ...
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 7.1
 90K
Manifest (2018)
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, suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: time warp, mysticism, a vision, time travel, life & death, time traveler, investigation, airplane, starting over, supernatural, passenger, presumed dead ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york
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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
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, life, radio, loneliness, single parent, love and romance, looking for love, love, starting over, couples, grief, love story ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, manhattan new york city, new york, baltimore, washington state ...
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An Unmarried Woman (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
Style: sentimental, psychological, humorous, emotional, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: female nudity, divorce, midlife crisis, breakup, marital separation, starting over, self discovery, couple relations, betrayal, fall in love, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: new york, usa
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Sorry for Your Loss (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The sudden death of her husband upends and transforms every relationship in Leigh Shaw’s life. It also forces her to realize there was a lot about her husband that she didn’t know.
Style: emotional, compassionate, psychological, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: starting over, pain, grief, young widow, recovery, family secret, husband wife relationship, death of husband, changing lives, lifestyle, new life, secrets ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria
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