Secret love movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant secret love movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, touching and psychological films and TV shows about / with secret love, love and romance, couples, relationships, love, friendship, male female relationship, love affair, couple relations and love triangle plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, Germany, Sweden and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as secret love: 7:20 ONCE A WEEK (2018), My Life Without Me (2003), Open Hearts (2002), Scum's Wish (2017), The Piano (1993), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), A Whisker Away (2020), An Unexpected Love (2003), All Things Fair (1995), My Best Friend's Wedding (2019).
Best films
List of secret love movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Two strangers have an intense casual encounter but later, both will realize that what has emerged is superior to pure physics, understanding that human relationships are more complex than a simple exchange of caresses.
Style:
erotic drama, touching, emotional, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
sensuality, sex with a stranger, sex scene, hot and sexy, rough sex, desire, forbidden romance, marriage, love, insanity, friendship, infidelity ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Pedro Almodovar production in which a fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies with out telling her family of her illness.
Style:
contemplative, touching, philosophical, romantic, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, secret love, cancer, love and romance, existentialism, death, hospital, illness, relationships, love story, dealing with death, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the ...
Style:
atmospheric, independent film, realistic, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
hospital, dogme 95, relationships, love story, love triangle, sex scene, coitus, extramarital affair, destructive relationship, fall in love, paraplegic, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, denmark, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless ...
Style:
anime, captivating, shoujo, manga, yuri ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
secret love, intimacy, forbidden love, love triangle, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unfulfilled love, love and romance, unrequited love, impossible love, love affair, teenage love ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: New Zealand, Australia, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man ...
Style:
period piece, sexy, psychological, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
piano, desire, sexual relations, adultery, couple relations, mother daughter relationship, love triangle, feminist, love, love affair, couples, infidelity ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s, year 1993, 90s ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania, scotland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Style:
captivating, sentimental, dramatic, serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, geisha, women, age difference, japanese culture, older man younger woman relationship, brothel, beauty, orphan, love and romance, mentor, femininity ...
Time:
1920s, 1940s, 1930s, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
japan, asia, china, east asia, america ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Miyo "Muge" Sasaki is a peculiar second-year junior high student who has fallen in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Muge resolutely pursues Kento every day, but he takes no notice of her. Nevertheless, while carrying a secret she can ...
Style:
anime, captivating, feel good, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Plot:
cat, secret love, unrequited love, classmate, school, teenager, parallel world, supernatural, magic, love, transformation, supernatural power ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Kate Mayer seems to have it all: a nice suburban house, two loving children and a devoted husband. But Kate is anything but happy. She is disappointed not only with her marriage, but with her entire life. In her pursuit of happiness, this frustrated ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, emotional
Plot:
lesbian, sexual awakening, lesbian mother, lesbian love, lesbian interest, divorce, female homosexuality, lesbian sex, bigotry, self discovery, starting over, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
This film is set in 1943 when the whole of Europe was embroiled in WWII. It deals with attraction of a 15 year old boy Stig to his teacher Viola. The whole movie revolves around the sexual encounters between Stig and Viola and how he eventually ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, erotic, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, teacher student sex, older woman younger man sex, forbidden love, erotica, cheating wife, love affair, female teacher, older woman teenage boy relationship, teachers and students, defloration, sex with teenager ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, europe, stockholm sweden
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A woman is determined to stop the wedding of her best friend, since she has been secretly in love with him.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, romantic, light
Plot:
wedding, secret love, wedding planning, best friend, love triangle, romantic relationship, relationships, love and romance, romantic rivalry, male female relationship, romantic triangle, love story ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man struggles with the pressure of caring for his terminally ill father while trying to unlock a secret that his father seems determined to keep from him. The story takes another dramatic turn when Ron, Burghardt’s long-lost friend from ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
gay interest, male homosexuality, gay father, homoeroticism, lgbt, gay relationship, male pubic hair, homosexuality, gay, unrequited love, absent mother, gay sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Princess in the Joseon Dynasty travels to the Qing Dynasty to marry. On the way to there, she meets a young magician and falls in love with him.
Style:
romantic, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot:
magician, forbidden love, class differences, magic, secret identity, secret love, poverty, convoy, young lovers, ancient korea, wizard, witchcraft ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A melancholy 2006 German film about the life and love in the daily life of a man who’s trying to get the feeling of longing and nostalgia back into his marriage.
Style:
melancholic, suspenseful, sentimental, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
suicide, waitress, secret love, teenage crush, village life, male female relationship, party, infidelity, rescue, husband wife relationship, convention, extramarital affair ...
Place:
berlin germany, east germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, emotional, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
world war two, love story, desert, beautiful scenery, tragic love, power of love, love and romance, passion, adultery, sex scene, doomed love, life philosophy ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1944, year 1942, 90s ...
Place:
sahara, italy, ottoman empire, cairo egypt, africa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are ...
Style:
romantic, stylized, tear jerker, neo noir, aesthetic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, rivalry, tragic love, dance, street gang, gang, broadway, interracial relations, shakespeare, racism, dancing, love story ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1961, 50s, 1930s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Drama following a young boxer Tomokazu and his relationship with his best friend Yoshiko and sister Misao as while he's training for an important match. His sister and friend have always been there for him, supporting him, but Tomokazu is about ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, romantic
Plot:
gay, love triangle, secret love, lgbt teen, brother sister relationship, romantic triangle, relationships, boxer, in love, athlete's life, love interest, romantic relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Hae-na who is bound to inherit her family curse which is turning into a dog after getting her first kiss. The only way to break the curse is to get a second kiss. The problem is the guy who gave Hae-na her first kiss is afraid of dogs.
Style:
psychological, captivating
Plot:
curse, first kiss, trauma, secret love, dog, cursed, family curse, supernatural romance, relationships, love story, male female relationship, human dog relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the style of a documentary this tragic comedy tells the story of a relationship crisis between two married couples and their longing to break out of their miserable daily lives. In this East German post-wall movie Andreas Dresen introduces the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, mockumentary, clever ...
Plot:
couples, adultery, secret love, working class, couple relations, family problems, thirtysomething life, skyscraper, friendship, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, introspection ...
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story:
The self-disciplined and diligent editor-in-chief of a magazine, Ye Han, helped the clumsy and lovely physical education teacher Li Xiaoxiao resolve embarrassing crises again and again by chance. Due to past experiences, it was difficult to take the ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sincere, serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
secret love, manhood, dating, friends, male female relationship, relationships, friendship, youth, couple relations, love, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 179 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on true events, the story follows restauranteur Kurt Haijby and his the secret relationship with king Gustav V, which eventually got out and led to one of the worst miscarriages of justice that Sweden has ever witnessed.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, realistic, historical drama
Plot:
gay affair, homosexuality, secret love, scandal, gay, restaurant owner, life, social problems, secret relationship, gay relationship, gay interest, nordic ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 1930s, 60s
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a singer who is married to her business manager, and falls in love with another guy who works as a co-singer in her band.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, romantic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love triangle, relationships, secret love, female singer, couple relations, love story, love affair, musician, love interest, female protagonist, male female relationship, music band ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Inside the Beijing hutongs where professionals who engage in art conservation and restoration live is a story between a museum conservator and a translator. Shao Xue, Zheng Sunian, and Zhang Qi are children of museum conservators. They share many ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling, poignant ...
Plot:
secret love, friends to lovers, friendship, coming of age, memory, relationship problems, fall in love, love affair, love interest, in love, couples, love and romance ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When Ivan's old college roommate comes to visit him in Columbia, he brings his brother and a whole lot of romantic complications.
Style:
humorous, touching, sentimental, queer cinema
Plot:
gay love, friendship, secret love, gay, best friend, brothers, love and romance, love, gay interest, threesome, erection, male nudity ...
Place:
colombia, los angeles
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Something terrible is about to happen in a small town in Germany. Nobody knows the reason why, except one person: Rico Bartsch. The 15-year old grammar school pupil, an absolute outsider, is in love with the most beautiful girl at his school. What ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
small town, secret love, relationships, male female relationship, secret, outsider, teenager, coming of age, unrequited love, adolescence, social outcast, obsession ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Episodes about different stages of relationships: from flirtation to falling out of love.
Plot:
secret love, jealousy, friendship, fall in love, couples, domineering mother, mother daughter relationship, flirting, fraud, monkey, love story, hurricane ...
Place:
venice, iceland, italy, jamaica
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She speaks Russian ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
world war two, female nudity, war, rape, sexual abuse, forced sexual contact, brutal rape, war crime, brutality, post war germany, military, women ...
Time:
year 1945, year 2008, 20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, east germany, west germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Sweden, Belgium, Croatia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana (Naomi Watts) campaigns against the use of land mines and has a secret love affair with a Pakistani heart surgeon (Naveen Andrews).
Style:
captivating, sentimental, emotional, romantic drama, political ...
Plot:
princess diana, royal family, princess, paparazzi, biopic, tragic love, british royal family, secret love, love affair, state affairs, society, charity ...
Time:
20th century, year 2013, 90s
Place:
england, europe, london, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Style:
romantic, atmospheric, touching, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love story, photographer, adultery, love affair, passion, impossible love, relationships, housewife, couples, photography, extramarital affair, lovers ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, 20th century, year 1965, post world war two ...
Place:
iowa, usa, midwest
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, sentimental, satirical ...
Plot:
country estate, friendship, love triangle, love and romance, fish out of water, social differences, society, uninhibited rivalry, family life, rich and poor, working class, parents and children ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, england, london, europe, scottish highlands
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Genre: History
Country: France
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
In the middle of the 17th century, forbidden lovers Queen Anne of Austria, the widow of King Louis XIII, and her Prime Minister, Cardinal Mazarin, face the opposition of a revengeful and power-seeking Court.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing
Plot:
french history, royal family, nobility, king of france, royal court, palace intrigue, kingdom, secret love, monarch, french politics, intrigue, political intrigue ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france, paris france
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