Best movies like The Best Years of a Life
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Plot Summary:
They knew each other long ago: a man and a woman whose dazzling and unexpected romance captured in the now-iconic film, revolutionized our understanding of love. Today, the former race car driver seems lost in the pathways of his memory. In order to help him, his son seeks out the woman his father wasn’t able to cherish but whom he constantly revisits in his thoughts and dreams. Anne reunites with Jean-Louis and their story picks up where they left it….
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating
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A Place in the Caribbean (2017)
Plot Summary:
Gael travels to the Island of Roatan to finish his last novel and finds love at first sight. Sofia and her father missed their cruise and are forced to stay in the wonderful island. Three love stories around this magical place.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating
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My Best Ex-Boyfriend (2015)
Plot Summary:
Parents force the breakup of two couples, but what happens to their lingering feelings years later? Li Tang and Fu Fang Si were high school sweethearts, but the two end up breaking up due to pressures from Li Tang’s father and a misunderstanding. Li Tang eventually stands up to his father and leaves to start his own company. Years later, Fang Si is finally achieving her dreams as a fashion designer and dating Yin Hao Ran. But their relationship gets complicated when Li Tang comes back into Fang Si’s life just as she is struggling professionally. Li Tang is now engaged to Cheng Xiang Nan, a supermodel, who also happens to be Hao Ran’s ex-girlfriend. Xiang Nan was forced to break up with Hao Ran by her ambitious mother, but she has never gotten over her feelings for him. Will Li Tang and Fang Si now have the courage to listen to their own hearts?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Love+Sling (2018)
Plot Summary:
A former wrestler bonds with his son over the sport. But then the son's girlfriend falls in love with the father.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: light, captivating
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My Brilliant Life (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple of teenagers have a son who suffers from progeria, a rare genetic disorder which makes one age exponentially faster than normal. 16 years later, the child has the body of an 80 year old in the final days of his life writing a book about his parents' love story.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 963
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, tear jerker, tearjerker
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What War May Bring (2010)
Plot Summary:
A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passion. She follows the men she loves unconditionally, suffering betrayal and hardship.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 744
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, epic, contemplative, gloomy
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To Love Somebody (2014)
Plot Summary:
Over the span of several weeks, two couples, who have been close friends for years, face several life-altering traumas out of their control. Mike and Meryl are recovering from their son's death and their inability to communicate. Joanna and Tim are trying to conceive their first child, after several failed attempts. In the course of the film the couples contrast one another, quickly developing an intimate study of human nature.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 859
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, erotic, entertaining
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It's Time to Love (2013)
Plot Summary:
On-yoo is an adult childhood cancer survivor. When he's not practicing with his boy band, Oh-yoo often volunteers at the hospital's pediatric cancer ward. One day, he recognizes the familiar face of an overdose patient.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing, entertaining
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Getaway of Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
The destiny of Giuliana is radically changed when two robbers suddenly break into the supermarket where she works and take her hostage.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Banat (The Journey) (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bari, a city caught in the relentless economic crisis. Ivo is an agronomist, but the lack of opportunities pushes him to accept a job in the fertile region of Banat in Romania. Clara has just ended a relationship and is about to lose her job at the Bari harbor. Ivo and Clara meet by chance and seem to immediately understand each other. They spend only one night together before Ivo's departure, but that is enough to create a bond and wanting to meet again. When Clara visits him in Romania, they fall in love. But is exile their only way to happiness?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Romania, Bulgaria
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, road movie
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The Other Mother (2017)
Plot Summary:
A divorcee is surprised to learn her ex-husband has suddenly remarried a much younger woman; and even more surprised to discover her dark and treacherous past.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Arrangement (2013)
Plot Summary:
A Colombian woman moves to Miami to marry an ambitious politician, in an attempt to leave her troubled past behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Wind Blows (2019)
Plot Summary:
Do-Hoon and Soo-Jin are a married couple. Do-Hoon learns that he has Alzheimer's disease. He decides to divorce Soo-Jin out of concern for her future. The couple divorces. 6 years later, they meet again.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Weemoedt (2016)
Plot Summary:
First, go back to the story. Job Weemoedt's talent manager at the management company Talent Republic in Amsterdam. Effortless maneuvering through the snake pit of the entertainment world. He kept "his" Famous Dutch for the pitfalls and temptations in their path and keep their scandals in the press. Until he himself off the road and his carefully constructed world completely collapses.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Reunion: Forbidden Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
A romantic drama depicting a housewife vacillating between a former lover and her husband directed by Narita Yusuke who was involved in the "Abunai Deka" and "BE-BOP High School" series. Odashima Yumiko (Kumakiri Asami), a housewife, lives a happy albeit unexceptional life with her older husband Yukihiko (Motomiya Yasukaze), an orthopedist. One day, a couple moves into the home opposite their own. Yumiko learns their new neighbor is her former lover Miyazawa Koji (Okuchi Kengo) and his wife.
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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The Habit of Beauty (2016)
Plot Summary:
Elena and Ernesto are a couple who are bitterly torn apart by the death of their only child. Three years later they have both somehow managed to start a new life. Until destiny forces them to reconnect and understand, they never really stopped loving one another other.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, disturbing
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The Drudgery Train (2012)
Plot Summary:
In this offbeat coming-of-age tale, a charming, rebellious high school dropout named Kanta befriends the kind, provincial Shoji. The two bring out the best in each other, each gaining confidence from their friendship - especially regarding pursuit of the opposite sex. The working class Kanta becomes a sort of unruly anti-hero, maintaining his pride, defiance, and self-assurance even as his prospects seem increasingly grim.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing
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A Man and a Woman (1966)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that each is a widow.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, romantic, psychological, romantic drama, erotic, captivating, art film, cerebral, serious
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After Words (2015)
Plot Summary:
A librarian facing a mid-life crisis travels to Costa Rica.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 914
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Dreamy Eyes (2019)
Plot Summary:
Mắt Biếc (Dreamy Eyes) tells the story of the one-sided love of Ngan for Ha Lan — his childhood friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Blindly in Love (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kentaro is an unsocial 35-year-old who lives with his parents and has never dated a woman. When Kentaro’s parents set up an arranged marriage interview with a girl named Nahoko and her parents, he falls in love for the first time in his life. However, the pair soon run into unexpected obstacles. Nahoko is vision impaired and can’t seem to break free of her doting parents. Meanwhile, Kentaro has no idea how to deal with the surge of new emotions he’s feeling.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating
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Life and Death on the Shore (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1945 at the end of World War II. Saku arrives on Kakeromajima as the head of navy special forces. He is admired by the children on the island and he is interested in learning the island song as well as drinking with his men. Toe is an elementary school teacher on Kakeromajima and she has feelings for Saku.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Chal Mera Putt 2 (2020)
Plot Summary:
A tale of everlasting love between illegal immigrants struggling for their PR in the UK as they challenge they multiple struggles.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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My Brother's Girlfriend (2017)
Plot Summary:
Reiko is a sister who is studying with his successful lawyer brother Sato as a role model. She joins Saburo who is a motivator of the same subject, and she introduces Saburo’s sister, Maya, to her brother to turn her brother’s heart, who does not recognize her boyfriend. Sato is taken away by beautiful Maya. Reiko, who is relieved to see the two of them and dreams of a happy future, suddenly appeared to her ex-girlfriend, Kanbe, and began to blame her for having lost her girlfriend to Sato.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 5
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Sweet September (2015)
Plot Summary:
Rebecca and Bruno meet in a bar, in a not particularly happy moment of their life, and they start dating. They consider themselves just friends and talk to each other about everything. But if Rebecca stops being so worried about what the bourgeoisie might think and say, and if Bruno realizes he can't live without Rebecca, they will both understand reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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The Pornographer: A Love Story (2004)
Plot Summary:
The relationship between a director and an actress takes a turn when the lines between art and life are crossed.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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The Lady Improper (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman with a seemingly ideal life, Siu Man is abandoned by her husband partly due to her fear of intimacy. After several life crises, she decides to reboot her life by taking over her father’s restaurant. Siu Man eventually finds herself attracted to her new chef, a free spirit who treats cooking as serious philosophy. Tired of the shackles she placed on herself, Siu Man embarks on a journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Out of Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
Out of Love encapsulates the sweltering and devastating dynamics of love in the turbulent relationship between Varya and Nikolai, where genuine love and hope contend with destruction and despair.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: captivating, sexy, entertaining
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Autumn Fall (2015)
Plot Summary:
Oslo in beautiful autumn. Ingvild is a stage manager at the National Theatre, and trying to make a life change, with her artistic ambitions. Not liking actors, she still manages to get into two very different affairs.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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8 Times Up (2009)
Plot Summary:
Elsa makes a living from little jobs, struggling to gain custody of his son. Mathieu, who lives next door, also keeps getting job interviews only to polish his art of failure. Their situation is increasingly precarious, but both are trying to bounce back in a world that seems not to fit them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, captivating, disturbing
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Wanee & Junah (2001)
Plot Summary:
Wanee an animator and Junah a scriptwriter are lovers living together when one day an old friend of Wanee's drops in and brings to fore, all supressed memories of Wanee's love for her step brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic, romantic comedy