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Plot Summary:
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: depressing, exciting, romantic, enigmatic, serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tear jerker
Best tv shows and movies like Sky (2015):
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I'm Still Here (2013)
Plot Summary:
Suffering from a terminal illness, a young loner makes plans for the little time he has left while coping with the five stages of death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 78%
The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968)
Plot Summary:
Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike - symbol of freedom and escape - to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, psychedelic, art house, grindhouse, cult classic, atmospheric, serious, realistic, sexual
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Hope (2019)
Plot Summary:
A couple with a large blended family has grown apart. When the wife is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, their life breaks down and exposes neglected love.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, ambiguous ending
Similar in 78%
Therese (2012)
Plot Summary:
The unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sad, melancholic, period piece, costume drama, gloomy
Similar in 79%
My King (2015)
Plot Summary:
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, rough, thought provoking, social, educational, romantic drama, interesting, weird
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Quantum Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
A family man's encounter with a beautiful woman develops into a mutual fascination.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, psychological, serious
Similar in 81%
I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019)
Plot Summary:
While Kurdish gigolo Baran dreams of a future in Europe, German pilot Marion is struggling to come to terms with her cancer diagnosis. When the two meet at the Turkish holiday resort of Marmaris, they engage in a kind of double-cross and decide to enter into a sham marriage. After a promising beginning, a shared future seems well within their reach. But things turn out not to be quite as simple as that.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 961
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, sentimental, light, disturbing
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Angst (2003)
Plot Summary:
Oskar Roehler's drama Der Alte Affe Angst (Angst) is about the dissolution of a couple. Robert (Andre Hennicke) and Marie (Marie Baumer) have little in common other than their sex life. Since Robert is going through a bout with impotency, they are having a very rocky time. Robert learns that his father, whom he is estranged from, has died. This disturbs Robert so much that he visits a prostitute, and is able to engage in sex with her. Marie discovers the infidelity, and the prostitute has a surprise of her own. Angst was screened at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual, sexy
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After Sex (1997)
Plot Summary:
The end of an affair from the woman's point of view.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy, sexual
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Loulou (1980)
Plot Summary:
This 1980 French film features Isabelle Huppert as a restless young woman who ditches her boring, tempramental boyfriend for a wild, leather-clad bad boy (played by an incandescent, youthful Gerard Depardieu).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic, romantic, psychological, sexy, serious, realistic, contemplative, stylized, gloomy, sexual
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One-Two-Three Now! (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jeppe falls deeply in love with the mysterious and beautiful girl, Cecilie, from school. But their time is limited as Cecilie is diagnosed with cancer and Jeppe has to balance school, social life and the dream of becoming a professional basket ball player while staying beside Cecilie as this summer may be her last. The story is about life, death, love, time - nothing lasts forever, but if you truly love something, it will never really leave you.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, psychological, sentimental, romantic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Persecution (2009)
Plot Summary:
The solitary Daniel and Sonia share an uneasy love/hate relationship. Daniel's life is disrupted by the appearance of a stranger that proceeds to insinuate himself in his life. The man's persistence takes its toll on Daniel and Sonia, leaving Daniel alone with nagging questions of "Why?".
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: offbeat, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, gloomy
Similar in 79%
Lily Sometimes (2010)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her mother, a woman returns home to care for her sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, emotional, gloomy
Similar in 76%
Stricken (2009)
Plot Summary:
Handsome Dutchman Stijn is the star of an advertising agency with his buddy Frenk and a hot womanizer. The boys start their own agency and Stijn marries colleague Carmen, who accepts his incurable greed for truly meaningless one-night-stands. Even fatherhood and a move to the boring country go well, until Carmen gets breast cancer. Now their lives are turned upside-down, maybe wrecked.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: serious, sentimental, emotional, realistic, captivating, sincere, romantic, sexy, gloomy, sexual
Similar in 88%
Alice and Martin (1998)
Plot Summary:
At the age of 20, Martin leaves his home town and comes to Paris, where he fortunately becomes a model by chance. He meets Alice, his brother's friend, and falls in love with her. They start a passionate relationship, although Martin remains very mysterious about his past and the reasons why he left his family. But when Alice tells him she's pregnant, he is suddenly almost driven to madness, as his past comes back to his mind. Alice will now do anything she can to help him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: melancholic, enigmatic, emotional, psychological, romantic, erotic, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
Similar in 82%
From the Land of the Moon (2016)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of Milena Agus' eponymous novel set after WWII, "Mal de Pierres" ("Mal di Pietre") spans 20 years, following the destiny of a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, Spain
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, suspense, tense, erotic, retro, sexual, novela, twisted
Similar in 87%
The Way We Were (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: intellectual, sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating, talky, intense, romantic, touching, sweet
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Plot Summary:
A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son is determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: road movie, emotional, touching, realistic, romantic, thought provoking, entertaining, psychological, sincere, serious
Similar in 81%
Close to the Horizon (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jessica knows exactly what her life is supposed to look like and where it takes her. But then she meets Danny. He has a complicated past and could confuse all their plans. Jessica has to decide.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, sincere, heartbreaking, tear jerker, crying, tearjerker
Similar in 89%
My Blueberry Nights (2007)
Plot Summary:
Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, France, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie, sentimental, atmospheric, psychological, touching, romantic, melancholic, heartbreaking, sincere, feel good
Similar in 90%
Now Is Good (2012)
Plot Summary:
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sad, emotional, romantic, heartbreaking, teen, sentimental, tear jerker, realistic, romantic drama, intense
Similar in 85%
The Hours (2002)
Plot Summary:
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, depressing, intellectual, touching, captivating, serious, emotional, poignant, enigmatic, heartbreaking
Similar in 88%
My Life Without Me (2003)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sad, touching, contemplative, romantic, philosophical, sincere, emotional, heartbreaking, depressing, poignant
Similar in 83%
Sweet November (2001)
Plot Summary:
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sentimental, sad, emotional, sexy, realistic, tear jerker, thought provoking, romantic drama
Similar in 82%
Dying Young (1991)
Plot Summary:
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, sad, touching, inspirational, cute, emotional, erotic, bleak, novela
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The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Plot Summary:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 396000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental, tear jerker, sad, sincere, teen, serious, melancholic
Similar in 83%
Lady Chatterley (2006)
Plot Summary:
French adaption of DH Lawrence's infamous novel about forbidden passion across the class divide. Winner of the 2007 Cesar Award for Best Film.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, touching, sexual, sincere, erotic, costume drama, eros, sensual, historical drama
Similar in 75%
Blue Valentine (2010)
Plot Summary:
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 their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 208000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, romantic, psychological, sad, sexy, depressing, heartbreaking, independent film, melancholic
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The Vow (2012)
Plot Summary:
Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 202000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Brazil, UK, China
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sentimental, emotional, inspirational, melancholic, romantic drama, sweet, serious, exciting
Similar in 77%
Carol (2015)
Plot Summary:
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, emotional, heartbreaking, atmospheric, realistic, erotic, costume drama, romantic, intense