20 movies like Pandora's Box, ordered by similarity : Fool for Love(1985), Obey(2018), Carol(2015), Cloud 9(2008), Wajma: An Afghan Love Story(2013), A Small Circle of Friends(1980), Betrayal(1983), Lover for a Day(2017), The Good Girls(1960), Pink Wall(2019), Floodtide(1949), Having You(2013) ...
Drama
1929
110 Minutes
Louise Brooks Fritz Kortner Francis Lederer Carl Goetz Alice Roberts Daisy d'Ora Krafft-Raschig Michael v. Newlinsky Sig Arno Gustav Diessl
sexy woman publisher circus performer theatrical producer friend creepy intricate melodramatic family home ship train theater london infatuation love ambition wretched excess fall 1880s
G.W. Pabst's account of a young woman's downfall emphasizes years of her catering to her sexual appetite.
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Drama
UK
2018
96 Minutes
Marcus Rutherford Sophie Kennedy Clark Sam Gittins T'Nia Miller James Atwell Wil Coban Taurean Steele Jasmine Jobson Joshua Blisset Daniel Akilimali Christine Taetz
love interest man boxer trainer friend police officer brash brutal raw emotional unrestrained apartment boxing ring london street party jealousy obsession riots boxing
As London slides towards a time of violent social unrest, on the estates of East London, a young man's life is torn apart by a love for a girl from a different place.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Drama
Afghanistan|France
2013
85 Minutes
Haji Gul Aser Wajma Bahar Mustafa Abdulsatar Brehna Bahar Assib Ibrahim Saleha Ibrahim Tahera Hashemi
afghan woman man love interest student pregnant woman disheartening thrilling tense intense moving melodramatic afghanistan kabul, afghanistan love sex unwanted pregnancy secret love family honor family relationships
It's snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begins a clandestine relationship - they're playful and passionate but ever mindful of the... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1980
113 Minutes
Brad Davis Karen Allen Jameson Parker Shelley Long John Friedrich Gary Springer Craig Richard Nelson Harry Caesar Nan Martin Daniel Stern Severn Darden
man woman student friend soldier lover engaging melodramatic emotional harvard university campus massachusetts protest cafeteria relationships vietnam war friendship love triangle romance social activism
Harvard in the 1960's: a time of social upheaval and student unrest. Three students bond together, challenge the system and begin to lose their ideals.
Drama
UK
1983
95 Minutes
gallery owner literary agent publisher wife best friend husband crafty gripping powerful melodramatic london pub apartment infidelity love triangle romance deception betrayal friendship love
An affair between a literary agent and his best friend's wife. The story unfolds in reverse-chronological order.
Drama
France
2017
76 Minutes
Éric Caravaca Esther Garrel Louise Chevillotte Paul Toucang Félix Kysyl Michel Charrel Nicolas Bridet Justine Bachelet
young woman boyfriend ex-boyfriend father girlfriend professor engaging melodramatic emotional gripping intense family home united states family old age relationships change failed romance father/daughter relationship love
A young woman returns home after the breakdown of a relationship to discover her father is dating a woman her age.
Drama
France|Italy
1960
105 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Lucile Saint-Simon Clotilde Joano Stéphane Audran Mario David Jean-Louis Maury Sacha Briquet Dinan
single woman woman saleswoman man love interest lover amusing cheeky engaging dreamy heartwarming lighthearted paris france relationships love work destiny saleswomen love interest
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
Drama
UK
2019
85 Minutes
Jay Duplass Nigel Goldsack Kyle Lima Tatiana Maslany Ruth Ollman Sarah Ovens T.J. Richardson Sule Rimi
man woman boyfriend girlfriend family dj producer brooding charming confident emotional melancholy passionate sad somber london failed romance nostalgia memories love
Six scenes. Six years. Six moments that shaped the relationship of Jenna and Leon. Pink Wall examines what defines us, the pressures of gender expectations, and our perpetual struggle between life and ambition.
Drama, Romance
UK
1949
90 Minutes
Gordon Jackson Rona Anderson John Laurie Jack Lambert Jimmy Logan Janet Brown Elizabeth Sellars Gordon McLeod Ian MacLean Archie Duncan James Woodburn
shipyard worker daughter boss shipbuilder farmer scottish person emotional passionate melodramatic gritty engaging gutsy glasgow, scotland shipyard scotland forbidden love shipbuilding family traditions career change shipping industry
David Shields decides to become a ship designer instead of following the family tradition and entering farming.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2013
97 Minutes
Anna Friel Romola Garai Andrew Buchan Philip Davis Isaac Andrews Steven Cree Harry Hadden-Paton Hattie Morahan
love child fiancé fiancée former lover son father emotional engaging gripping heartwarming intense tender united kingdom coast town home hospital family relationships father/son relationship
Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.
Drama, Romance
2018
82 Minutes
Aure Atika Nicolas Bauwens Tommy Lee Baïk Ilian Bergala Pierre Cartonnet Marie Denarnaud Félix Maritaud
young man man gay man classmate concierge boyfriend intense brooding suspenseful melodramatic emotional profound hotel club school past homosexuality partnership first love trust
War, Drama
Italy|West Germany
1971
95 Minutes
Helmut Berger Lino Capolicchio Dominique Sanda Fabio Testi Romolo Valli Camillo Cesarei Inna Alexeieff Barbara Pilavin Katina Morisani Ettore Geri Camillo Angelini-Rota
brother sister friend lover passionate spirited italy estate countryside fascism friendship love triangle wealth young love world war ii growing up forbidden love discovery fall 1940s
The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.
Action, Drama
New Zealand
2015
86 Minutes
Dominic Purcell Peter Feeney Owen Black Siobhan Marshall Greg Johnson Daniel Cleary Serena Cotton Rachel Nash
man shipwreck survivor survivor friend explorer sailor engaging emotional melodramatic thrilling gripping suspenseful sea boat ocean home danger shipwreck sinking ship survival
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Romance, Drama
USA
2011
121 Minutes
Reese Witherspoon Robert Pattinson Christoph Waltz Paul Schneider Jim Norton Hal Holbrook Mark Povinelli Richard Brake Stephen Monroe Taylor Ken Foree Scott MacDonald
circus performer caretaker elephant husband wife animal trainer melodramatic emotional circus train united states circus romance infidelity human-animal friendship animal cruelty traveling rivalry forbidden love escape
Set in the 1930s, a former veterinary student takes a job in a travelling circus and falls in love with the ringmaster's wife.
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds Gail Patrick Constance Collier Lucille Ball Eve Arden Ann Miller Ralph Forbes Franklin Pangborn
actress theatrical producer father dancer melodramatic rousing sultry spirited new york city boardinghouse nightclub theater acting friendship class distinctions ambition female bonding love rise fall
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
Drama
USA
1998
95 Minutes
Marissa Ribisi Juliette Lewis Giovanni Ribisi Jeremy Sisto Pamela Adlon Kristin Dattilo Michael Rapaport David Gail
boyfriend actor brother sister girlfriend friend emotional quirky amusing los angeles household southern california city love triangle infidelity relationships betrayal friendship brother/sister relationship discovery
Four unstable twenty-something women search for long-term relationships in 1990s Los Angeles.
Drama, Romance
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Jane Seymour Nia Peeples Parker Stevenson William Shockley Ellen Travolta Joel Brooks Patrick Bristow Parker Croft Jack Bannon Dan Shaked
woman mistress love interest lover best friend friend amusing engaging charming passionate emotional relationships friendship passion attraction sexual conquests sexual identity adventure discovery love
Having no commitments and never being vulnerable, Veronica enjoys being a mistress. She comes to realize her best friend holds the key to her heart and is the only one capable of extracting her emotions.