Best movies like The Life I Want
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Plot Summary:
A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young, ambitious co-star Laura when they are cast as the two leads in a film. Stefano must deal with his growing jealousy when Laura's career begins to take off.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
Best tv shows and movies like The Life I Want (2004):
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Juliet in Love (2000)
Plot Summary:
Francis Ng is Jordan, a low level triad who finds himself strangely attracted to divorced restaurant hostess Juliet (Sandra Ng), who’s had a mastectomy and has since retreated into a shell. Through coincidence, the two form a makeshift family with the child of a triad boss (Simon Yam) who’s after Jordan for some dough.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Courageous Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
Courageous Love follows Alex Shelby as he encounters romance and intrigue while trying to save the family business that he recently inherited. While working undercover at the New York City branch office he falls in love with an employee named Michelle. Alex must make a difficult decision to save his company from impending collapse or to follow his heart.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, christian film, entertaining
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One Moment More (2004)
Plot Summary:
Jerry is a wide-awake tourist guide in Cebu who knows all the angles, and who has supported his divorced mother and younger brother and sister since their musician father deserted the family for a younger woman. Jerry guides tour buses, taking the mostly Japanese tourists boating, golfing and to strip shows. Jerry also acts as a pimp, and even prostitutes himself. As the breadwinner he makes sacrifices for his family but wields control over his siblings and mother in return.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating
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Sugar & Spice: Fûmi zekka (2006)
Plot Summary:
Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro (Yagira Yuya) decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of his decision, he has the support of his flower child grandmother (Natsuki Mari) who declares that a gas station is a romantic place for life's drifters. Surely enough, soon a new co-worker, college student Noriko (Erika Sawajiri), drifts into Shiro's life. He falls headfirst into a bittersweet first love that ushers him into the world of adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sweet
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Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)
Plot Summary:
Márta, a 40-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man she loves. But she waits for him at the Liberty Bridge in vain - he does not appear at their rendezvous. Márta starts to search for him desperately, but when she finally finds him, the love of her life claims that they have never met before.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, anamorphic, entertaining
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Loco Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young man and woman fall in love but are threatened to be torn apart by the tensions between their Latino and Caucasian communities in Arizona.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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Hot Sweet Sour (2017)
Plot Summary:
Murat and Duygu are deeply in love and when they graduate from College Murat takes the leap and asks Duygu for her hand in marriage but he doesn't get the answer he was looking for. They both agree that if they're both single in five years they will tie the knot, but life has other plans for them.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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All My Life (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sam and Louie meet aboard the Star Cruise. Despite being strangers and complete opposites, with Sam being carefree and Louie being obsessive-compulsive, they become unlikely acquaintances and eventually friends. Both pained on carrying life’s baggage before they took the cruise, Sam and Louie will never be the same person again after. For once in Louie’s rigid life, she is living for the moment and Sam lets his free spirit enjoy the ride.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, rough, captivating, tagalog
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My Pretend Girlfriend (2014)
Plot Summary:
Noboru is a high school student who isn't popular at all. He looks up to senior student Miyazaki who is one of the most popular guys at school. Miyazaki has two girlfriends: Momose and Tetsuko. Momose and Tetsuko have totally different personalities. Momose is bright and Tetsuko is a popular student from a wealthy family. One day, Miyazaki is caught with Momose. To keep his relationship with Tetsuko, Miyazaki asks Noboru and Momose to pretend they are dating. They both agree due to their affections for Miyazaki. Noboru and Momose begin to act like a couple in front others and soon Noboru begins to develop feelings for Momose, who is still in love with Miyazaki.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, shoujo
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One Warm Word (2013)
Plot Summary:
The drama explores the reality and complexities of married life. Eun-jin and Jae-hak, who are married to other people, find themselves attracted to each other. Their marriages become in danger of unraveling, as their affair disrupts the lives of family and friends around them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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Snow In Sea Breeze (2015)
Plot Summary:
On a snowy night, little Seon-mi is diagnosed with hemopoietic dysplasia. Years pass and Seon-mi, who has now become an adult, has overcome her pain and is adjusting to the adult world. Having decided to use her talent to become a perfumer, she travels to many different places to collect various scents and spices to help people with their inner pains. She meets Sang-woo at an aquarium and is strongly drawn to his scent which reminds her of her father.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Red Scarf (2011)
Plot Summary:
Al Yazmalım was a Turkish television series based on the novel The Red Scarf by Chinghiz Aitmatov and 1978 Turkish romantic drama film The Girl with the Red Scarf.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, soap opera
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Fatih Harbiye (2013)
Plot Summary:
The main character is a girl who lives in the suburbs of Istanbul. All her thoughts together about how to get out of poverty and miserable life and enter the socialite. Girl walking.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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The Father's Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
Struggling to find fulfillment in relationships, Sarah discovers that forgiveness is the key to true love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, christian film, independent film
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Boy Bye (2016)
Plot Summary:
Veronica Love seems to have it all...she's smart, sassy and sexy and has a career as one of the most successful real estate entrepreneurs in California. Affectionately known as Love by her girlfriends Beverly and Charity, Love also happens to be happily single and loving every minute of it. She has no shortage of flings with the many boy toys and playthings that cross her path all because she doesn't believe in true love. Enter the sexy and mysterious business acquaintance Lance Peterson. Love has never felt this way about any man before and thinks that he could possibly be "the one" as their feelings for one another grow deeper by the moment. Lance is harboring a few tightly-wound deep secrets of his own that soon unravel and are revealed to her. Will his shocking revelation be enough to bring Love's world crashing down around her or will Love be able to survive his secrets with her heart still intact?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy
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Hrid Majharey (2014)
Plot Summary:
An affair that begins one rainy evening on a lonely Calcutta street. And ends on yet another rainy evening in the Andaman Islands. A journey dotted by love, jealousy and destiny, it is loosely inspired by the works of William Shakespeare.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, suspense
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Resisting Roots (2022)
Plot Summary:
Genevieve Harper makes the most out of raising her two siblings after their parents' tragic accident. At just 24, Viv has devoted herself to providing her family with the best life possible, sacrificing her own dreams along the way. When Trent Fox, a known player on and off the baseball field, shows up at Viv’s job, the Lotus House Yoga Center to recuperate, the attraction between the two of them is instant. But Viv does not have time to devote to a man, let alone a man who will only break her heart. Can love grow between a woman who’s rooted in her life and a man who resists any notion of setting roots down?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, 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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A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022)
Plot Summary:
Anna is 60 and her acting heyday is now behind her. She lives on her own but has a friend and confidant in her downstairs neighbour Michel, who is also single. Reluctantly, Anna accepts a job as a language coach for 17-year-old Adrian who has a speech impediment and is something of a misfit. She recognises him as the boy who recently snatched her handbag in the street.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Closer to Heaven (2009)
Plot Summary:
A funeral director meets a man who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease since he was young. The two fall in love and hope for a cure that can keep him alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sincere, 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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A Beautiful Life (2011)
Plot Summary:
Fang Zhen Dong (Liu Ye) is a patrolling officer in Beijing who one night meets the drunk Li Pei Ru (Shu Qi) while singing karaoke at the KTV place. Li Pei Ru is a real estate agent from Hong Kong who has vowed to make her fortune in the cosmoplitan Beijing, but is caught up in the complexities of life and ends up becoming a mistress of a married man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Classic Again (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a love triangle that miraculously mirrors her mother's romance years ago, a young woman let's her heart lead.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Ali & Ava (2021)
Plot Summary:
Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. As the pair begin to form a deep connection they have to find a way to keep their newfound passion from being overshadowed by the stresses and struggles of their separate lives and histories..
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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The Last Paradiso (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1950s Italy, a farmer's dream of improving workers’ living conditions collapses when he falls for a landowner's daughter. Based on true events.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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The Friends at the Margherita Cafe (2009)
Plot Summary:
Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Bin Roye (2015)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious girl seeks out her destiny and true love , when tables start to take a turn she meets a man who gives her a completely new perspective to life and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Pretend We're Kissing (2014)
Plot Summary:
All Benny wants to do is be more confident, stop thinking so much and fall in love. When he has a chance encounter with Jordan, a woman obsessed with the notion of fate and a magical kind of love, he may finally have the opportunity. That is, if he can get out of his own way and out of his head. Pretend We're Kissing is a film for all of those who don't think their love life resembles a romantic comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Mr Perfect (2011)
Plot Summary:
Vicky breaks his engagement with Priya, his childhood friend, after he learns that she is making many compromises for his sake. However, time makes him realise the need for compromises in life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, semi serious
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Change of Heart (2016)
Plot Summary:
Diane McCarthy (Leah Pipes) is a reality television producer for her arrogant ex-boyfriend’s show highlighting travel destinations. While driving to her next assignment, Diane swerves off the road and gets stuck as a storm approaches. Nearby, she sees the Forest Cove bed and breakfast. Owner, Helen (Lindsay Wagner), offers Diane a complimentary room until her car is ready. Diane, desperate for shelter, accepts Helen’s offer and meets Helen’s handsome son Andy (Rick Malambri). Impressed by its charm, Diane changes plans for the next episode to instead focus on Forest Cove. Helen is excited and hopes the show will bring in much needed business. Andy, preparing to sell the struggling property, is against it. Despite his objections, Andy and Diane bond while preparing for the show. But it gets complicated when, Jared, Diane’s ex and host of the show, arrives and throws a wrench in things.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining