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Like Dandelion Dust (2009)
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: touching, serious, sincere, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: custody, adoption, starting over, family relations, parents and children, hopes, social worker, family life, wife abuse, adopted son, christian, faith ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, ohio, florida
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 8.4
 152K
After Life (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.
Style: uplifting, dark comedy, funny, compassionate, ironic ...
Plot: bereavement, death of wife, dog, starting over, death wish, death, journalism, life, grief, depression, newspaper office, suicide ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The life you love may be your own.... The wife of a much older man finds herself attracted to their neighbour's son, who is closer to her age.
Style: melancholic, stylized, emotional, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: age difference, self discovery, depression, marriage, older man younger woman relationship, starting over, love and romance, family life, love affair, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2009, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: new york, usa
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Regarding Henry (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Henry is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he cannot remember anything. If that weren't enough, Henry also has to recover his speech and mobility, in a life he no longer fits into. Fortunately, Henry has a loving wife and daughter ...
Style: touching, inspirational, intense, emotional, serious ...
Plot: rehabilitation, amnesia, memory loss, lawyer, redemption, disability, starting over, family relations, maid, parents and children, brain damage, self discovery ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 5.8
 391
Entry Level (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After losing his restaurant, chef CLAY MAGUIRE must start his career all over--at the bottom. Pushing forty with no "corporate skill-set", Clay enters the strange world of the Unemployable Interviewees of America. Clay and his fellow ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: restaurant, starting over, unemployment, workplace, love and romance, hopes, society, workplace situations, workplace romance, down on your luck, chef, food ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.3
 19K
Baby Boom (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.
Style: light, touching, sentimental, sweet, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: adoption, baby, babies and infants, career woman, love affair, single mother, motherhood, women, single parent, starting over, relationship problems, business ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: new york, vermont, manhattan new york city, usa, new york state ...
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 8.4
 82K
The Good Wife (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The Good Wife is a legal drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption ...
Style: serious, clever, captivating, political, suspense ...
Plot: legal, trial, lawyer, workplace situations, dedicated lawyer, law firm, lawyers and clients, court, self discovery, female protagonist, working mom, politics ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, hawaii, usa
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The Intouchables (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Style: inspirational, feel good, touching, emotional, motivational ...
Audience: date night, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: friendship, disability, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, disabled person, lifestyle change, human relationship, handicapped, culture clash, friends, interracial friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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 7.4
 39K
Mom (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: recovering alcoholic, dysfunctional family, starting over, teenage pregnancy, alcoholics anonymous, support group, mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional relationship, family relations, parents and children, troubled past, waitress ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Personal Velocity (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Style: talky, intense, stylized, touching, serious ...
Plot: starting over, adolescence, family relations, hitchhiker, human nature, couple relations, love affair, parents and children, couples, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, self discovery ...
Time: year 2002
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, india ...
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 7.6
 2K
Doc Martin (2001)
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
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Love Comes Softly (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Marty is a 19 year old pioneer woman, recently married. She goes west with her husband Clem, hoping to start a new life. But Clem unexpectedly dies, and Marty finds herself alone, two months pregnant. Clark Davis, a widower, offers her a marriage of ...
Style: touching, uplifting, sentimental, emotional, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night
Plot: faith, fall in love, marriage of convenience, couple relations, survival, love and romance, pregnancy, single parent, farm, christian, starting over, family life ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: usa
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Whatcha Wearin'? (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Yoon-Jung accidentally calls a stranger, instead of her boyfriend, and has phone sex with the unknown man. When Yoon-Jung's relationship with her boyfriend turns sour, Yoon-Jung meets Hyun-Seung, the stranger she had phone sex with.
Style: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, erotic ...
Plot: couples, starting over, phone sex, sex, asian, thirtysomething life, happy ending, love, naked woman, fall in love, sexual relations, sex scene ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, east asia
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 6.2
 983
Rivals (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of two rival brothers, one a pimp and the other a cop, and how the former manages to be the family favourite.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, emotional, rough ...
Plot: starting over, family relations, prison, family problems, hopes, law enforcement, siblings relations, haunted by the past, family in crisis, criminal heroes, going straight, violent content ...
Time: 80s, year 2008, 70s, 20th century
Place: lyon, france
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 7.6
 39K
Boy A (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
Style: heartbreaking, psychological, disturbing, emotional, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: juvenile delinquency, childhood, redemption, going straight, haunted by the past, released from prison, rehabilitation, starting over, dysfunctional family, child abuse, murder, criminal ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: britain, united kingdom, nebraska, england, europe ...
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 6.7
 5K
Free Rainer (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.
Style: feel good, serious, realistic, controversial, melancholic ...
Plot: power of media, starting over, media satire, misfit, society, media, unemployment, assassination, hacker, irresponsible, redemption, social misfits ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
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 8.3
 591K
Lost (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 5445 min.
TV show
Story: Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, psychological, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, island, stranded, desert island, stranded on an island, human nature, lost, mysterious place, death, air disaster, destiny, plane crash ...
Time: y2k, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
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Defending Your Life (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage.
Style: romantic, touching, humorous, philosophical, sweet ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: afterlife, heaven, life & death, reincarnation, death, fall in love, courage, destiny, courtroom, life, starting over, past life ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
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Out of the Ashes (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, wartime life, holocaust survivor, world war two, auschwitz, human spirit, anti semitism, life is a bitch, starting over, danger, moral dilemma ...
Time: 1940s
Place: hungary, europe, usa
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 7.4
 7K
Take My Eyes (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story: One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...
Style: sincere, serious, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: domestic violence, violent husband, starting over, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, siblings relations, understanding, family problems, therapy, crumbling marriage, fall in love, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2003
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 7.9
 32K
Lilyhammer (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Frank Tagliano (Steven Van Zandt), is a former member of the New York mob. After testifying in a trial in the United States, Tagliano is relocated to Lillehammer in Norway through the FBI's witness protection program. Frank Tagliano was ...
Style: witty, talky, stylized, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, culture clash, dark humor, lifestyle change, blackmail, starting over, middle aged, business venture, small town life, businessman, fish out of water, gangster ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe
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 4.5
 2K
Slaughter (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young woman looks to escape her abusive life by moving to her family's farm near Atlanta. Unfortunately, she learns her place of supposed comfort offers more terrifying forms of abuse.
Style: psychological, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: starting over, serial killer, murder, friendship, opera, danger, siblings relations, on the run, family relations, countryside, father daughter relationship, lake ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, atlanta georgia
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The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union ...
Style: feel good, light, humorous, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: couple relations, looking for love, fall in love, love and romance, professor, wedding, literature, friendship, self discovery, love story, love, spinster ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: new york, venice, london, paris france, manhattan new york city
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 5.6
 90K
New Year's Eve (2011)
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, light, romantic comedy, touching, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot: new year, multiple storylines, new year's eve, love and romance, looking for love, lifestyle, starting over, hopes, christmas, teenager, winter, love story ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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Full Body Massage (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Nina, an art dealer, has her weekly massage appointment and is surprised to find out her usual masseur, Douglas, has sent a replacement named Fitch. The pair develop an easy rapport during the session, with talk about past relationships. As Nina ...
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, talky, sincere ...
Plot: massage, erotica, masseur, female nudity, love and romance, lifestyle, starting over, femme fatale, dishonesty, love affair, infidelity, couple relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, california
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Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
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, emotional, intense ...
Plot: suicide, mental institution, suicidal, coma, mental illness, psychiatrist, terminal illness, suicide attempt, female protagonist, depression, starting over, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.1
 35K
The Woodsman (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
Style: disturbing, independent film, psychological, emotional, harsh ...
Plot: pedophilia, friendship, parole officer, pedophile, sexual perversion, starting over, ex convict, psychology, factory worker, suspicion, anger, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: philadelphia
Is relevant ?
 5.5
 226
Soi Cowboy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: This film concerns a Scandinavian gentleman who works in film, perhaps as a sort of financier/director/producer. He lives in Thailand with his Thai girlfriend, and most of the film is an exploration of that relationship. We also see her brother, and ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, experimental ...
Plot: starting over, gangster, prostitute, murder, lifestyle, couples, youth, unlikely couple, juvenile delinquency, couple relations, hopes, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand, asia, bangkok thailand
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 5.8
 9K
Incendiary (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An adulterous woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot: adultery, love triangle, grief, guilt, betrayal, starting over, sex scene, dangerous attraction, terrorist, haunted by the past, love affair, infidelity ...
Time: 1940s
Place: london, europe, england
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Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: midlife crisis, starting over, infidelity, love triangle, working class, breakup, dysfunctional family, extramarital affair, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, human nature ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, seattle
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