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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Italy, Germany
TV show
Story:
In the early 20th century, a brilliant Italian Woman, entranced by classical Greek culture, falls in love with a ship owner and moves to a thriving Greek island, throwing herself into a vortex of passion, emancipation and self-destruction.
Style:
melancholic, period drama
Plot:
self destructing, tragic romance, obsessive love, greek island, family conflict, fatalism, love triangle, moral ambiguity, financial ruin, mental illness, emancipation, isolation ...
Time:
1930s
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story:
This is the melancholy story of Nalan Rong Ruo, a Manchu poet whose tragic experiences in love during his short lifetime are reflected in his poetry.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dramatic, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
poetry, love, melancholy, tragic romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, love affair, couple relations, ancient history, poet, male female relationship, woman ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
One day, Taichi, an ordinary university student, meets Mioka, a girl who is like a storm. Taichi finds himself drawn to Mioka, who lives freely as she wishes without holding back, and they eventually fall in love. However, Mioka tells Taichi of her ...
Style:
romantic drama, tear jerker, emotional, heartbreaking, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
terminal illness, college life, tragic romance, bittersweet, mortality, romantic relationship, love affair, male female relationship, love and romance, fall in love, love story, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
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15
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Gaul has been conquered by the Romans. Oroveso, the Arch-Druid longs to lead a Gallic rebellion against the colonial forces. He and all the others wait for the signal to be given by his daughter, the Druid High Priestess Norma. But Norma has fallen ...
Style:
emotional, dramatic, tragic ending, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
ancient, roman empire, tragic romance, forbidden love, love triangle, paganism, colonialism, betrayal, jealousy, female protagonist, identity crisis, adaptation ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A terminally ill man sets up his best friend, whom he has loved since high school, so that she will not be lonely after he passes away.
Style:
heartbreaking, tear jerker, poignant, emotional, romantic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, love triangle, sacrifice, bittersweet, tragic romance, leukemia, love and romance, relationship problems, couple relations, illness, tragic love ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Tej, a youngster who's highly attached to his family, is banished from his home by his uncle. He then finds himself in London, where he falls in love with Nandini. After long pursuit, he manages to win over her heart, but before she could even ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, tear jerker, emotional, tragic ending ...
Plot:
love story, tragedy, family bonds, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, in love, fall in love, tragic love, couple relations, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships ...
Place:
london
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113
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Cathy, a young and innocent freshman, has a crush on senior hunk, Nick, the campus' basketball star. One day, he came to her and asked her to have dinner and drive her home. One thing led to another until she ended up giving her virginity not ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, semi serious
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
erotica, sex, classmate, student, college, revenge, tragic romance, sexual content, teenage love, sexual relations, teenager, female protagonist ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A beautiful young woman with every privilege except freedom. A despised older man with nothing except his obsession. Are they the key to one another’s salvation? Or are they destined to destroy each other and themselves? Having just finished a ...
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
relationships, older man younger woman relationship, affair, family problems, romantic relationship, love interest, relationship problems, tragic romance, male female relationship, forbidden love, father and daughter, love affair ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A doctors life is turned upside down when her lawyer husband is found dead.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, dark, crime thriller ...
Plot:
family relations, suicide, murder, marital problem, family problems, tragic romance, uncover truth, changing lives, life is a bitch, character change, lifestyle change, tragic event ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Rookie office worker Wang Cuihua is suddenly pulled into the world of a novel, where she meets Xiahou Dan, a powerful king hiding his true identity. Both outsiders to this world, they join forces to survive a twisted fate, facing political intrigue, ...
Style:
tense, mysterious, suspenseful, romantic drama, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
political intrigue, isekai, prophecy, palace intrigue, travel, tragic romance, terminal illness, royal court, power struggle, betrayal, bittersweet, survival ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Style:
romantic drama, soap opera, emotional, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
betrayal, female protagonist, second chance, love triangle, heartbreak, deception, love affair, relationship problems, love story, couple relations, couples, love interest ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Zay el naharda is a movie starring Basma, Rania Chahine, and Mahmoud El-Bezzawy. History literally repeats itself when May meets and falls in love with a passionate young actor, only months after the tragic death of her first fiancée. All the ...
Style:
romantic drama, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, islamic
Plot:
grief, tragic romance, heartbreak, anxiety, premonition, fatalism, destiny, superstition, obsession, young lovers, moral dilemma, soul mate ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth are room-mates in a city. Kamal Hassan falls in love with Sridevi who lives in the same apartment complex. Rajnikanth, who has his eyes on Sridevi, pretends to back Kamal Hassan's love while secretly hoping to create ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, sentimental
Plot:
love triangle, betrayal, sacrifice, female protagonist, tragedy, tragic romance, college romance, loss, family drama, friendship, jealousy, conflict ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
The two brothers of the Mu family get married on the same day. It's a double fortune. However, the bride, Ye Qinglan, who marries the second Young Master, Mu Anhe, is the former lover of the first Young Master, Mu Ancheng. Old Madam Mu sees her ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense, period drama
Plot:
revenge, marriage of convenience, forced marriage, family drama, female protagonist, betrayal, life is a bitch, tragic love, troubled marriage, relationship problems, relationships, male female relationship ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, period piece, reflective, tension ...
Plot:
illness, tuberculosis, bittersweet, tragic romance, innkeeper, melancholy, post war, character study, mourning, intimacy, loss, loneliness ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
japan
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939
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A prostitute (Evdokia) meets a sergeant (Yorgos). They fall in love and get married after a short love affair. Her profession, however, is a barrier for their relationship. They try to stay together and overcome their inner conflicts, but the social ...
Style:
romantic drama, tension, poignant, tragic ending, bleak ...
Plot:
prostitute, forbidden love, tragic romance, urban, desire, passion, marriage, jealousy, sexuality, class conflict, realism, fatalism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
athens greece, greece
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Nandakumar is a college professor who wants to get the best treatment for his paralyzed fiancee, Uma Maheshwari. Trouble starts brewing when Shruthi, Nandakumar's student falls in love with him. Will Shruti let Uma unite with Nandakumar weaves ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, melancholic, sentimental, intense
Plot:
love triangle, marriage, paralysis, heartbreak, sacrifice, unrequited love, college romance, longing, loyalty, teacher student relationship, tragic romance, relationships ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. First, she is with Raoul, the older one; then passion for Clément, the younger doctor, takes over. Raoul fights back, playing on ...
Style:
romantic drama, medical drama
Plot:
love triangle, obsessive love, tragic romance, jealousy, infidelity, jealous lover, bittersweet, terminal illness, character study, unrequited love, small town, village life ...
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Genre: Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Commander Pavle receives partisan Jovan to shot him for not executing his orders. While listening to his unfortunate love story from the war, Pavle remembers his own relationship which had an equally bitter epilogue, and decides to set Jovan free.
Style:
tense, serious, melancholic, reflective, bleak ...
Plot:
partisan, world war two, execution, flashback, memory, moral dilemma, justice, soldier, grief, regret, remorse, tragedy ...
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Feng Fei Fei, an excellent swordswoman, seeks revenge with her nephew for the murder of her old sister, who got killed by some rogues on her way home. She soon finds out that the murderer is the son of her father's best friend and her future ...
Style:
suspense, tense, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, wuxia, female protagonist, swordplay, sword duel, betrayal, tragic romance, family tragedy, kung fu, secret past, violent ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The first motion picture film by Agnieszka Holland about loneliness, longing for affection, and misfortune. Irena, a postal delivery worker, is struggling with a inadequate housing, a drunk neighbor who wants to take her place, and a heartless boss, ...
Style:
bleak
Plot:
loneliness, poverty, alienation, isolation, social realism, female protagonist, single mother, theft, tragic romance, working class, melancholy, desperation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
eastern europe, west berlin west germany, poland
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
A young multi-talented dancer is poverty stricken and as a principled person he does not want to compromise on his ethics for commercial dancing. A wealthy woman recognizes this talent and provides him with an opportunity to showcase his art.
Style:
melancholic, aesthetic, poignant, romantic, period drama
Plot:
unrequited love, poverty, longing, legacy, redemption, tragic romance, tragic hero, mortality, sacrifice, isolation, class differences, inspiration ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Dehşet Engiz, a top hitman from a forbidden organization called Fedailer Ocağı, falls in love with Dr. Abide. This unprecedented feeling leads him to question the group's rules against love, potentially forcing him to choose between his duty ...
Style:
tense, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, assassin, secret society, moral dilemma, assassination, tragic romance, moral ambiguity, nationalism, betrayal, code of honor, secret past, political intrigue ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Allan (Hugh Grant) is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen (Soumitra Chatterjee) which includes his wife, Indira (Shabana Azmi) and daughter Gayatri (Supriya Pathak). Gayatri and ...
Style:
intercultural, tragic ending, emotional, intense, tension ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love affair, tragic romance, literary, sexual tension, class differences, adaptation, family honor, isolation, regret, betrayal, jealousy ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
kolkata, himalaya
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
David and Anna are a newly wed couple, whose lives together take a turn as Anna becomes diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Style:
emotional, sad, melancholic, tragic ending, compassionate ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cryogenics, terminal illness, hospital, marriage, grief, loss, tragic romance, bittersweet, intimate, bereavement, empathy, sacrifice ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The ghost of a woman who died after an avalanche returns to live with her husband, who has not been able to overcome her death.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, haunting, loss, grief, love, supernatural, male female relationship, relationships, loss of family member, bereavement, love affair, life is a bitch ...
Place:
himalaya
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In times of war, the traitor Dou Zhun was in power and used poisonous poison to domesticate the medicine people. Yao Ren 19 escaped after a trial of the body and escaped by chance. By chance, she was rescued by the girl Cicada Clothing and named ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
martial arts, warrior, battlefield, vengeance, power struggle, betrayal, life is a bitch, combat, soldier, life, allies, enemy ...
Place:
ancient china
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Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Mattias has a dream to become a photography student of the Berlin Arts Academy. On the journey of following his calling, his dream is constantly put to a test after Mattias falls in love with a beautiful free spirit Hanna. Trying to win her heart, ...
Style:
romantic drama, disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bipolar disorder, coming of age, photography, mental illness, star crossed lovers, love affair, love interest, photographer, romantic relationship, fall in love, pretense, split personality ...
Place:
estonia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 124 min.
TV show
Story:
The story revolves around the love that begins with hatred between Gülcemal (Murat Ünalmış), whom his mother abandoned and turned into a dark monster when he was young, and the beautiful Deva (Melis Sezen), who becomes engulfed in a whirlwind of ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspense
Plot:
forbidden love, revenge, vengeance, mother, family problems, problem, love story, love and romance, fall in love, love affair, life is a bitch, tragic love ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Ramesh spends his time flying kites and playing games along with his friends on the streets. However, his life takes a turn for the better when he accidentally meets an aspiring designer, Priya.
Style:
romantic drama, semi serious, psychological, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
young love, love story, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, love interest, relationship problems, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, class differences, youth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
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