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Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A young, aspiring filmmaker falls in love with a girl who moves into the house above his, but her sophisticated nature does more harm than good to him.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, romantic, feel good ...
Plot: unrequited love, tragic love, fall in love, young love, unfulfilled love, relationship vs career, couples, in love, love and romance, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, star crossed lovers ...
Time: year 2010
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 6.5
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Carmen (2005)
Genre: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa
Duration: 122 min.
Story: U-CARMEN is a feature film based on Georges Bizet's 19th-century opera that was filmed on location in a modern South African township setting. The energy, compassion, and heat of township life in all its elements create a constantly visually ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense
Plot: opera, murder, tragic love, dangerous attraction, vengeance, crimes of passion, love affair, love triangle, couples, destructive relationship, dishonesty, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
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Kadhal Konden (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A genius-yet-introverted orphan, raised by a church priest, is sent to college where he turns out to be a social outcast. Although he is shunned by the majority of the other students, one girl shows him kindness and befriends him. Things take a turn ...
Style: disturbing, serious, suspense, psychological, romantic
Plot: psychopath, tragic love, sociopath, pervert, love interest, mentally unstable, love story, relationship problems, romantic relationship, life is a bitch, social problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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 7.5
 62K
Cold War (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Poland, UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Cold War-era love story follows the passionate love affair between a mismatched couple.
Style: black and white, romantic, sad, thought provoking, art film ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: cold war, musician, communism, audition, female singer, loveless marriage, love story, suicide, tragic love, jazz, folklore, defector ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 60s, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: poland, paris france, east berlin, former yugoslavia, eastern europe ...
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Forever Enthralled (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.
Style: serious, stylized, captivating, realistic, epic
Plot: opera, lifestyle, tragic love, ambition, performer's life, love and romance, couples, society, unfulfillment, warning, music, gender bending ...
Place: china, asia
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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Universal Century 0087, as the civil war between the AEUG and the Titans continues, Kamille meets a mysterious girl named Four. But his encounter with Four, one of the Titans' "cyber-Newtypes," fills his heart with anguish. The ...
Style: anime, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: battles, rivalry, tragic love, good versus evil, heroic mission, danger, escapades, heroes, love and romance, collision, mobile suit gundam, outer space ...
Time: future
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A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011)
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After witnessing an older version of herself committing suicide, Mia (Jodie Whittaker) attempts to rewrite history and thereby avert this tragic fate. She travels back in time, exploring dark secrets and lashing out against handsome Ludwig (Dougray ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: haunted by the past, tragic love, changing the past or future, couple relations, obsession, supernatural, love affair, unfulfillment, time travel, female protagonist, police, introspection ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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 6.1
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In the Heart (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Masha (37) is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and separated. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk turns incurably ill, leaving Masha without status.
Style: touching, psychological, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: couple relations, tragic love, love and romance, parents and children, terminal illness, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, relationships, fighting illness, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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 6.2
 723
Wu yen (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Lost in the woods, the Emperor Qi (Anita Mui) stumbles across local chief Wu Yen (Sammi Cheng), his predestined bride, only to accidentally free a promiscuous fox fairy (Cecilia Cheung) who promptly falls in love with both of them, changing between ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, fairy tale
Plot: love affair, tragic love, love triangle, bounty hunter, martial arts, destiny, fall in love, state affairs, battles, marriage of convenience, unfulfillment, farce ...
Place: hong kong
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 6.1
 786
Kedma (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, sad, tense ...
Plot: military, immigrant, survival, tragic love, culture clash, life is a bitch, danger, society, against humanity, political unrest, hopes, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two
Place: israel, middle east, palestine
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 8.0
 155
The Car Man (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A mysterious stranger arrives in a small town community, leading the locals into greed, sex and murder.
Style: serious, realistic, sexy, captivating
Plot: murder, small town, dangerous attraction, tragic love, love triangle, couples, dishonesty, sexual relations, infidelity, frame up, stalking, adultery ...
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 5.0
 3K
Scarlet Diva (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.
Style: stylized, realistic, serious, erotic, sexy ...
Plot: sexy woman, lesbian sex, casting couch, actor's life, drug abuse, female nudity, female pubic hair, bohemian life, career, celebrity culture, tragic love, downfall ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, los angeles, rome italy, asia, france ...
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Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Story of Guy Maddin, hockey player for the Maroons, and son of a local hairdresser/abortion doctor. Guy tries to overcome his own cowardice (and multiple head-knocks) as he navigates through a dream-like Winnipeg.
Style: surreal, romantic, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: stepmother stepson relationship, abortion, murder, pregnancy, psychopath, tragic love, dangerous attraction, prodigy, investigation, obsession, addiction, couple relations ...
Time: year 2003
Place: winnipeg, canada
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 7.4
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Othello (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a "rethinking" of Shakespeare's play, albeit still retaining the original's power and potency. The story is set in the London ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot: interracial relations, shakespeare, tragic love, power relations, vengeance, downfall, murder, betrayal, life is a bitch, couple relations, infidelity, dirty cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england, london
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The Business of Fancydancing (2002)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Indian poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, independent film ...
Plot: gay, friendship, lifestyle, self discovery, haunted by the past, tragic love, best friend, obsessive quest, orphan, youth, betrayal, writer's life ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: seattle, usa
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Coup de grâce (1976)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.
Style: serious, stylized, realistic, bleak, black and white ...
Plot: love triangle, soldier, betrayal, evacuation, tragic love, tragic hero, world war one, wartime life, political unrest, love and romance, destructive relationship, couple relations ...
Time: year 1976, 1910s, 1920s, post world war one
Place: latvia, europe, baltics, lithuania, prussia ...
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 7.0
 1K
Fifty-Fifty (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport, Thriller
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, France, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A teen involved in the world of underground boxing vows to take care of a dead fighter's family.
Style: psychological, serious, rough, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: teenage life, kids in trouble, youth, gambling, redemption, tragic love, coming of age, love and romance, underdog, survival, unfulfilled love, fight ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: russia, turkey, kazakhstan
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 6.7
 1K
Incantato (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The Pope's tailor sends his son, a virgin at 35, to Bologna hoping he will find a woman. Nello, a classicist moved by the romantic poetry of Ovid, proves to be a good teacher and also falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful Angela Gardini. ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: disability, relationships, social differences, tragic love, family relations, couples, love and romance, fall in love, love triangle, unfulfilled love, looking for love, infidelity ...
Time: 1920s
Place: rome italy, europe, italy
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Pandemonium (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Set in England during the early 19th century, Pandaemonium evokes late-1960s America in its depiction of the relationship between Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Linus Roach) and William Wordsworth (John Hannah). Instead of going to Vietnam, Wordsworth ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, captivating, costume drama ...
Plot: friendship, betrayal, politics, addiction, drug abuse, prodigy, lifestyle, rise and fall, writer's life, tragic hero, tragic love, idealism ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1800s, 1790s
Place: france, england, europe
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Brooklyn Babylon (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.
Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, serious, crime drama ...
Plot: friendship, interracial relations, culture clash, social decay, social differences, tragic love, opposites attract, unlikely couple, street life, musician's life, racism, love affair ...
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor. However, with time as hardships ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, sentimental, touching, feel good
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: island, youth, starting over, young heroes, tragic love, friendship, escapades, orphan, heroes, social misfits, adoption, family life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pacific ocean
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 6.3
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Hamlet (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: To be or not to be, etc.
Style: psychological, stylized, atmospheric, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: haunted by the past, ghost, betrayal, tragic hero, tragic love, uncover truth, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, parents and children, shakespeare, interracial ...
Time: 90s
Place: southern usa
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 7.0
 11K
The Lady (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Thailand
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The film is about the life of Aung San Suu Kyi (Yeoh) who spent more than a decade under house arrest. David Thewlis portrays Suu Kyi's husband, Dr. Michael Aris. Rebecca Frayn began working on the project after she and her husband, producer ...
Style: touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental, educational ...
Plot: military dictatorship, resistance, politics, election, leadership, human spirit, selflessness, social activist, tragic love, idealism, biopic, social problems ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 80s, year 1998, year 1947 ...
Place: burma, france, china, asia, oxford university
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Oh, My Love (2007)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Orphaned and homeless Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute by the name of Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: unrequited love, couples, friendship, love and romance, prostitute, couple relations, fall in love, love affair, tragic love, hopes, idealism, small town life ...
Place: india, asia
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 5.7
 2K
Quo Vadis (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle, and wants her for his concubine. For Lygia, a Christian, being a ...
Style: sincere, captivating, serious, epic, tragic
Plot: fall in love, rise to the top, tragic love, heroic mission, society, rivalry, ancient, medieval, peplum, christian, tragic romance, renaissance ...
Time: 1st century, ancient times, year 2001
Place: eastern europe, italy, rome italy, europe
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 6.6
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Vatel (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the ...
Style: melancholic, light, tricky, captivating, visually appealing ...
Plot: king of france, food, betrayal, nobility, political intrigue, tragic love, fall in love, power relations, french history, wine, storytelling, intrigue ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times, victorian era
Place: france, europe, netherlands, holland, versailles
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 6.9
 6K
Three Times (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Taiwan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: There are three stories of women and men: in "A Time for Love" set in 1966, a soldier searches for a young woman he met one afternoon playing pool; "A Time for Freedom," set in a bordello in 1911, revolves around a singer's ...
Style: anthology, thought provoking, touching, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Plot: longing, love affair, tragic love, social differences, couples, fall in love, wartime life, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, time, minimalism, asian ...
Time: 60s, 1910s, 2000s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place: taiwan, taipei, tokyo, shanghai
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 5.1
 782
G (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young Hip Hop star named Summer G falls for a middle to upper class sister while in college. After she rejects him for a fellow social climber, Summer G spends ten years building a Hip Hop empire, then moves to the Hamptons where he finds the ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, gloomy ...
Plot: lovers reunited, unfulfilled love, love triangle, lifestyle, haunted by the past, tragic love, social differences, showbiz, love affair, infidelity, betrayal, society ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, long island, usa
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The Weeping Meadow (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Greece, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story: This is the first film of Theo Angelopoulos' trilogy. The story starts in 1919 with some greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni. Eleni is an orphan and she is ...
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, aesthetic ...
Plot: refugee, greek, village, wartime life, tragic love, on the run, orphan, political unrest, genocide, politics, self discovery, fall in love ...
Time: year 2004, 1920s, year 1945, year 1936, 1940s ...
Place: greece, ancient greece, europe, ottoman empire
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Love Unto Death (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but comes back to life. Simon does not want any further medical tests, but the couple are forced to grapple with the possibility of his death. They eventually ...
Style: serious, thought provoking, surreal, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot: love and romance, dealing with death, tragic love, introspection, unfulfillment, death of loved one, near death experience, death, life after death, clergy, hopes, society ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
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