Bittersweet movies and TV shows – page 4
Best films
List of bittersweet movies
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That ...
Style:
anime, touching, breathtaking, intense, poignant ...
Plot:
mentor, training, beast, destiny, martial arts, furry, friendship, loneliness, fantasy world, orphan, japanese schoolgirl, good versus evil ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever after. However, this engaged couple just keep getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.
Style:
romantic, funny, humorous, sweet, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
wedding, love story, engagement, couples, love, relationship vs career, happy ending, couple relations, wedding preparations and rituals, wedding ceremony, relationships, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, michigan, california, usa, detroit
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst ...
Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, sad, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, nature, arctic, isolation, rescue, human spirit, stranded, hopes, airplane, winter, friendship ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, post world war two, 1950s, year 1953
Place:
canada, antarctic, persia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style:
clever, uplifting, inspirational, touching, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, freedom, friendship between men, hopes, friendship, corruption, human spirit, justice, prison life, life, stephen king ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, maine, columbus ohio, persia, iran ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, sad, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
alien, friendship, childhood, children, coming of age, ufo, friendly alien, space and aliens, chase, boy, child protagonist, bicycle ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1982, 90s, future
Place:
california, usa, persia, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A young man struggles for closure after the death of his parents.
Style:
sincere, touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
dark humor, friendship, gay interest, group of friends, buddies, friends, bittersweet, haunted by the past, twentysomething life, unfulfillment, dealing with death, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a world filled with hatred, their only hope was magic. Believe and anything can happen.
Style:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
youth, rabbi, racism, friendship, culture clash, bittersweet, anti semitism, life is a bitch, injustice, haunted by the past, society, gang ...
Place:
new york, czech republic
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The story of a group of friends who reunite for their annual 4th of July weekend only to be confronted by Chad, a strange and beautiful nature photographer who begins to change their lives one by one.
Style:
atmospheric, touching, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
photographer, friends, photograph, introspection, life turned upside down, bittersweet, nature, weekend, girl, youth, photography, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, idaho
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Their paths cross in the elevator of an anonymous student block in Munich: Clara, Motek, and Sin are three strangers in Germany, longing for acceptance and warmth, searching for a spark of the feeling we call "home". DESPERADOS ON THE ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, touching, offbeat ...
Plot:
cause and meaning, love and romance, college life, student life, looking for love, youth, social misfits, society, immigrant, bittersweet, communication problem, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
A little sea resort on the Picardie coast, the last week of august. When handing over the keys to a rented apartment, Sylvain makes the acquaintance of two beautiful women. This is a fabulous occasion for him to escape his routine, single life in ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
love and romance, misfit, physical appearance, looking for love, bittersweet, encounter, male female relationship, love triangle, sexual tension, summer vacation, character study, summer romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Someone You Love is a story about world famous singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob who lives in Los Angeles. He is a successful man with a lot of burned bridges. After years abroad Thomas travels back to Denmark to record a new album. There his estranged ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
boy, parents and children, homecoming, introspection, musician's life, family relations, disorder, bittersweet, artists and showbiz, single parent, child, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
It's a story of 29-year-old top-manager Max who is really sure he is absolutely successful. All his life is around earning and spending money. But one day he meet a girl who is from another, real, world. And his own world starts to crash down.
Style:
serious, captivating, uplifting, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
materialism, banker, bittersweet, social differences, fall in love, high society, manager, cocaine, celebrity, cancer, drug, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
moscow russia, st. petersburg russia, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Style:
dramatic, entertaining, emotional, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
twists and turns, con artists, mental illness, heist, cons and scams, plot twist, greed, partner, con men, life philosophy, slick, psychology ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Summoned by an unexpected phone call, an elderly woman visits the country cottage she lived in as a child. Memories of an orphan boy she knew 47 years ago come flooding back to her.
Style:
sentimental, romantic, atmospheric, ambiguous ending, surreal ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
werewolf, love and romance, orphan, single parent, bittersweet, transformation, genetic mutation, teenage love, false accusation, love story, winter, missing girl ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
korea, asia, east asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As she and her family embark on a short vacation, a Chilean teenager slowly comes to the realization that her parents might be splitting up.
Style:
serious, tense, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, on the road, parents and children, bittersweet, protecting from truth, crumbling marriage, siblings relations, parents separation, under the surface ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dead Like Me follows a group of undead grim reapers tasked with shepherding the recently departed into the afterlife.
Style:
witty, sentimental, black comedy, cynical, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, afterlife, dealing with death, dark humor, supernatural ability, employer employee relationship, young man, unfulfillment, loser, death, tragic event, workplace ...
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
What happens to a loving, rational Dad when his darling, pliable daughters morph into hormonally-challenged, incomprehensible teenagers? If he's Paul Hennessy, he reacts in ways even he finds crazy. Thank God he has a 13-year-old son who still ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, touching, witty, sitcom ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
teenage daughter, popularity, family problems, family life, suburban life, siblings relations, parents and children, lifestyle, bittersweet, couples, teenage life, eccentric family ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, michigan, detroit
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The series centers on Ryan Atwood, a troubled youth from a broken home who is adopted by the wealthy and philanthropic Sandy and Kirsten Cohen. Ryan and his surrogate brother Seth, a socially awkward yet quick-witted teenager, deal with life as ...
Style:
touching, soap opera, witty, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
couples, coming of age, sexual activity, youth, teenage life, love and romance, high school life, college, teenage love, troubled teen, friends, rich and poor ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, hawaii, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A high school baseball coach and a down-on-his-luck private investigator form a bond as they scour New York City for the coach's wife, who's run away with a second-rate rock star
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
bittersweet, introspection, crumbling marriage, friendship, private detective, odd couple, unfulfillment, fish out of water, couples, dream, private investigator, down on your luck ...
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ex is a 2009 film directed and co-written by Fausto Brizzi and interpreted by a rich and large cast of characters. The film, produced by Italian International Film, in co-production with the French company and Mes Films in collaboration with RAI ...
Style:
emotional, humorous, light, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
breakup, love triangle, bittersweet, friends, looking for love, friendship, unfulfillment, sexual content, family relations, couples, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in a rural Quebec village in the dead of winter, Jean-François, a single father works at a deserted bowling alley at night and in a rundown motel during the day. His daughter, Julyvonne never leaves their home. Jean-François isolates her in ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, atmospheric, serious, aesthetic ...
Plot:
absent mother, isolation, bittersweet, single parent, family relations, parents and children, misfit, social misfits, coming of age, youth, home schooling, overprotective father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado. There he becomes a small-town doctor and learns parenting on the fly as he raises his talented but ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town life, doctor, father son estrangement, small town, first love, widower, crush, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, friends in love, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, usa, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Asa, a young and cheerful dreamer, returns from his Russian naval service to his sister’s nomadic family on the desolate Hunger Steppe of central Asia, so that he can begin his own life as a shepherd. But before he can tend a flock of his own, Asa ...
Style:
humorous, touching, semi serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, bittersweet, love and romance, family disapproval, family life, unfulfilled love, wedding planning, hopes, desert, looking for love, self discovery, tourism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
kazakhstan, mongolia, soviet union, asia
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Four year old Desi learns to accept the death of her father by sending him a letter on a balloon to which she receives a reply. Based on a true story.
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
young heroes, bittersweet, single parent, hopes, family problems, friendship, parents and children, death in the family, child's point of view, widow, mother daughter relationship, compassion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Geoffrey Griffin who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer in his chest, meets Sarah Phoenix as they both attend a university lecture on the psychology of dying. Sarah Phoenix has got terminal leukemia, but Griffin doesn't know that, and she ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, poignant, melancholic, tear jerker ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, bittersweet, dying, mortality, love story, tragic romance, campus, relationships, intimate, introspection, mature ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...
Style:
feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, road not taken, midlife crisis, alternate reality, lost love, life changing experience, lifestyle change, fish out of water, parallel universe, destiny, time travel, family man ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, 2000s ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
hopes, infidelity, coming of age, bittersweet, dishonesty, friendship, parents and children, life turned upside down, child illness, family in crisis, terminal illness, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, ireland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend, whom Jake used to be friends with, commits suicide. Jake begins to think. He wonders what ...
Style:
christian film, contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
religious, christian, faith, friendship, high school, bittersweet, social relations, social differences, self discovery, friends, high school life, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Style:
factual, heroic, realistic, epic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, soldier, battles, battlefield, ambush, military life, heroic mission, infantry, wartime, justice ...
Time:
20th century, year 2002, 60s, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, america, asia, usa, iraq ...
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202K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away Planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
Style:
psychological, touching, sentimental, cerebral, philosophical ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
patient, mental institution, extraterrestrial, alien, mysterious character, psychiatry, hypnosis, psychiatrist, planet, space and aliens, investigation, delusion ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, persia, new york, newfoundland, greenland ...
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