Unconventional romance movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant unconventional romance movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, romantic, melancholic, visually appealing and emotional films and TV shows about / with unconventional romance, love and romance, love, love story, relationships, storytelling, bittersweet, loneliness, fall in love and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as unconventional romance: Secretary (2002), While You Were Sleeping (1995), The Lunchbox (2013), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Before Sunrise (1995), Amelie (2001), The Science of Sleep (2006), Lars and the Real Girl (2007), 500 Days of Summer (2009), Vampires (2020).
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108K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, psychological, sex comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
bdsm, sexual perversion, workplace romance, sadomasochism, obsession, sex scene, fetish, secretary, masochism, masochist, sexual relations, power relations ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A love story built on a misunderstanding. A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off the tracks after he's mugged. But while he's in a coma, his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. ...
Style:
romantic, sweet, sentimental, light, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, fall in love, loneliness, love and romance, love triangle, mistaken identity, love, pretend relationship, new year's eve, love affair, winter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India, France, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sweet, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
food, cooking, happy ending, housewife, relationships, unlikely relationship, destiny, chef, unconventional romance, retirement, cooking and food, honest ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 21st century
Place:
india, mumbai india, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Style:
romantic, touching, romantic comedy, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, love, family drama, bipolar disorder, depression, adaptation, character study, social misfits, supportive parent, father son relationship, male female friendship, mental patient ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, peru, usa, pennsylvania, america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On his way to Vienna, American Jesse meets Céline, a student returning to Paris. After long conversations forge a surprising connection between them, Jesse convinces Celine to get off the train with him in Vienna. Since his flight to the U.S. ...
Style:
philosophical, sentimental, sexy, intellectual, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love, chance meeting, destiny, lovers, tourist, young lovers, fall in love, relationships, coincidence, love story, teenage girl, stranger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
vienna, austria, europe, france, los angeles ...
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835K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
loneliness, love, fall in love, imagination, cafe, lifestyle change, life, optimism, female protagonist, love story, love and romance, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2001, 90s, 70s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, melancholic, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
memory, amnesia, relationships, surrealism, loneliness, existentialism, melancholy, love, love story, dream, memory loss, couples ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, future, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
persia, america, usa, north america, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Style:
surreal, psychological, psychedelic, philosophical, visually stunning ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dream, surrealism, magic realism, love story, magic, daydreamer, escape from reality, artist, existentialism, melancholy, imagination, childhood ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, mexico, france, europe, latin america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size ...
Style:
touching, humorous, depressing, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, mental illness, sex doll, shyness, doll, delusion, bittersweet, young man, introvert, small town, forbidden love, character study ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom ...
Style:
touching, romantic, sentimental, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
breakup, love, relationships, couples, love story, unrequited love, love and romance, couple relations, manic pixie dream girl, unfulfilled love, life philosophy, heartache ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
TV show
Story:
A Paris teen who's half human, half vampire grapples with her emerging powers and family turmoil as she's pursued by a secret vampire community.
Style:
gothic, sincere, light, unusual plot structure, entertaining ...
Plot:
vampire, female vampire, nordic, ancient, vampire human love, young lovers, impossible love, power of love, half human, secret, teenage girl, teenager ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
From a schoolboy’s crush to a middle-aged bachelor’s office romance, four love stories spanning age, religion and status unfold in a small Indian town.
Style:
romantic drama, realistic, heartfelt, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
everyday life, small town, slice of life, community, coming of age, empathy, intimate, unconventional romance, social realism, class differences, social commentary, bittersweet ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A wild and punky tale of a mother's love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice.
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, psychological, poignant ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, single mother, female protagonist, hardship, gay, working class, poverty, realism, class conflict, social inequality, mother love, unconventional family ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It all started with football. Deok-hoon falls in love with In-ah who shares his love and passion for the sports. They quickly become lovers and he proposes. She refuses at first but they are eventually happily married. Marriage is like a dream until ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
polyamory, love triangle, marriage, marriage crisis, relationship problems, romantic triangle, husband wife relationship, romantic relationship, love affair, male female relationship, relationships, troubled marriage ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
The protagonist of the story, Ullas, has been disabled since his birth. Ullas walks in a wheelchair over a giant. Ullas feels to have a female companion and informs same to his father. The father begins to search for the girl to marry him, but no ...
Style:
heartfelt, inspirational, realistic
Plot:
disability, resilience, empathy, love story, father son relationship, compassion, character study, family conflict, intimacy, sex worker, blind character, unconventional romance ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A lonely girl seeks love, connection and family by crashing funerals.
Style:
romantic, captivating, satirical, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
loneliness, funeral, romantic relationship, love interest, satire, single woman, female protagonist, love and romance, love affair, love story, socially awkward, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
As the director of her father's advertising company, Ma Yoo Hee is known as a witch for her ruthless, no nonsense character. After a string of failed attempts to hire a housekeeper, she (literally) runs into Chae Moo Ryong, ex-medical student ...
Style:
captivating, dramatic, romantic comedy, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love triangle, female protagonist, greed, selfishness, power struggle, love, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, couples, couple relations, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
korea, seoul
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
love and romance, princess, beast, castle, beauty and the beast, power of love, imaginary, transformation, opposites attract, father daughter relationship, prince, disney princess ...
Time:
18th century, 90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster's pregnant ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
killer, female killer, hitman, female assassin, pregnancy, older woman younger man sex, professional killer, assassin, family relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, partner ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, cuba
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor ...
Style:
creepy, gothic, cult classic, dark, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, bullying, coming of age, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, school, friendship, boy, child vampire, fall in love, new neighbor ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
persia, united kingdom, europe, stockholm sweden, scandinavia ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer ...
Style:
bleak, emotional, depressing, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, violent, rottweiler, multiple perspectives, siblings relations, relationships, betrayal, vengeance, hitman, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, year 1999, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
latin america, mexico city, mexico, south america, ohio ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A beleaguered small-business owner gets a harmonium and embarks on a romantic journey with a mysterious woman.
Style:
romantic, surreal, touching, sentimental, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
depression, asperger's syndrome, true love, shyness, love and romance, brother sister relationship, crazy love, character study, mental illness, love story, socially awkward, insanity ...
Time:
90s, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, hawaii, california, utah, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.
Style:
sexy, romantic, clever, psychological, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, love story, fall in love, unrequited love, relationships, love at first sight, love triangle, happy ending, flashback, dream girl, dating, destiny ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, france
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228K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from ...
Style:
sentimental, funny, indie film, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
depression, self discovery, melancholy, coming of age, female nudity, paraplegic, love story, love, family relations, relationships, drug, dealing with death ...
Time:
year 2004, near future, medieval times, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, new york, usa, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, surreal, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
true love, poet, power of love, against the odds, woman in danger, cure, wooing, ambition, goodhearted, wartime, love story, love ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, italy, middle east, europe, baghdad iraq ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception for the privacy of a hotel room, the unnamed pair explore the choices of the past that led them to ...
Style:
sexy, heartbreaking, melancholic, emotional, light ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
wedding, couples, love story, infidelity, destiny, bittersweet, sex, ex husband ex wife relationship, unfulfilled love, couple relations, love and romance, hopes ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, london
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256K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
time, destiny, philosophy, choice, alternate reality, depression, twists and turns, butterfly effect, surrealism, utopia, multiple outcomes, parallel world ...
Time:
future, year 2009, year 1975, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
musician, young lovers, sexuality, love affair, youth, couple relations, fall in love, actor's life, musician's life, lifestyle, actor, living together ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, connecticut ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, emotional, psychological, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
marriage, depression, dysfunctional family, couple relations, lust, husband wife relationship, passion, crumbling marriage, sexual content, lovers, love story, sex ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, brooklyn new york city, florida
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722K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, crying, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, melancholy, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, solitude, love story, relationship problems ...
Time:
near future, future, year 2013, distant future, 2030s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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