20 movies like Cynara, ordered by similarity : Red Desert(1964), 5x2(2004), I Saw the Light(2015), Henry VIII and His Six Wives(1972), They Were Sisters(1945), Ossessione(1942), Sawdust and Tinsel(1953), Counsellor-at-Law(1933), The Cakemaker(2017), No Other Woman(1933), Carol(2015), Vincere(2009) ...
Drama
USA
1932
75 Minutes
lawyer wife salesgirl emotional solemn sad london naples, italy venice, italy swimming pool infidelity infatuation scandal forgiveness reputation forbidden love fall 1930s
London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback.
Drama
Italy|France
1964
116 Minutes
Monica Vitti Richard Harris Carlo Chionetti Xenia Valderi Rita Renoir Aldo Grotti Valerio Bartoleschi Giuliano Missirini Lili Rheims Emanuela Mino Carboni
wife husband old friend businessman son maid bleak profound emotional striking italy beach factory apartment shack town mental illness isolation nervous breakdown infidelity
In an industrial area, Giuliana, an unstable woman, attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.
Romance, Drama
2004
90 Minutes
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Stéphane Freiss Géraldine Pailhas Françoise Fabian Michael Lonsdale Antoine Chappey Marc Ruchmann Jason Tavassoli Jean-Pol Brissart
husband wife lawyer brother boyfriend dark emotional intense moving house france beach italy resort divorce marriage infidelity pregnancy affair love
Various stages in the relationship between a man (Stéphane Freiss) and his wife (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) lead to their divorce.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2015
123 Minutes
Tom Hiddleston Elizabeth Olsen Bradley Whitford David Krumholtz Cherry Jones Maddie Hasson Wes Langlois Wrenn Schmidt
singer country singer singer-songwriter womanizer american musician guitarist love interest wife child boy george girl hank williams jr. disheartening emotional engaging gripping sad united states alabama
The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.
Drama, History
UK
1972
125 Minutes
king henry viii wife ex-wife prince princess widow brooding profound emotional melodramatic passionate patriotic great britain castle london church chapel king henry viii marriage british royal family
On his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.
Drama
UK
1945
110 Minutes
sibling abused wife abusive husband husband wife sith lord disturbing melodramatic emotional small town house hotel unhappy marriage relationships love infidelity father/daughter relationship adultery fall discovery
The story of three sisters who marry men of widely different character as their individual and widely-different married lives unfold. One sister (Phyllis Calvert) is happily married but ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1942
135 Minutes
Massimo Girotti Clara Calamai Juan de Landa Dhia Cristiani Vittorio Duse Michele Riccardini Michele Sakara Elio Marcuzzo
young man wife husband lawyer detective drifter dark tense sultry italy diner highway car courtroom infidelity murder greed crime trials betrayal
A drifter (Massimo Girotti) helps a beauty (Clara Calamai) kill her husband (Juan de Landa) in Italy.
Drama
1953
92 Minutes
Harriet Andersson Åke Grönberg Anders Ek Gudrun Brost Hasse Ekman Annika Tretow
clown wife mistress ringmaster actor brooding emotional sad circus sweden pond infidelity marriage love triangle fall transformation love 1900s
A circus owner (Åke Grönberg) leaves his mistress (Harriet Andersson) for his wife, and an actor (Anders Ek) seduces the mistress.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
John Barrymore Bebe Daniels Doris Kenyon Isabel Jewell Melvyn Douglas Onslow Stevens Thelma Todd Clara Langsner
attorney rival wife lover secretary emotional dark family home new york city law office social standing infidelity scandal dark secrets class distinctions jewish identity fall transformation discovery 1930s
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Israel|Germany
2017
105 Minutes
Sarah Adler Zohar Strauss Tim Kalkhof Sandra Sade Roy Miller Stephanie Stremler Tagel Eliyahu Tamir Ben Yehuda Eliezer Shimon
baker married man widow lover son family member solemn emotional creative moving passionate bakery jerusalem berlin house kitchen love infidelity homosexuality loss
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.
Drama
USA
1933
59 Minutes
Irene Dunne Charles Bickford Gwili Andre J. Carrol Naish Eric Linden Buster Miles Leila Bennett Christian Rub Hilda Vaughn Brooks Benedict Joseph Bernard
factory worker wife boarder mistress lawyer son melodramatic emotional engaging steel mill pennsylvania boardinghouse jail courtroom business marriage infidelity divorce rags to riches trial
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
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.
Biography, Drama, History
Italy|France
2009
128 Minutes
Giovanna Mezzogiorno Filippo Timi Corrado Invernizzi Fausto Russo Alesi Michela Cescon Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Paolo Pierobon Bruno Cariello Francesca Picozza Simona Nobili Giovanna Mori
benito mussolini wife son fascists brutal dark emotional italy betrayal love war politics loss fall revenge sacrifice 1940s
The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.
Drama
USA
1936
101 Minutes
Walter Huston Ruth Chatterton David Niven Paul Lukas Mary Astor Gregory Gaye Maria Ouspenskaya Odette Myrtil Kathryn Marlowe John Payne Spring Byington
businessperson husband wife pretty woman emotional moving europe italy ship marriage aging social standing love triangle love discovery 1930s
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Drama
Italy|France
1960
155 Minutes
Alain Delon Renato Salvatori Annie Girardot Katina Paxinou Roger Hanin Paolo Stoppa Suzy Delair Claudia Cardinale Spiros Focas Max Cartier Rocco Vidolazzi
widow son boxer wife prostitute student melodramatic moving sad italy train station milan tenement house church boxing ring city vs. country brother relationship poverty relocation infidelity
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
Drama
Italy|Spain
2005
120 Minutes
María Valverde Primo Reggiani Fabrizia Sacchi Marcello Mazzarella Claudio Santamaria Geraldine Chaplin Elio Germano Alba Rohrwacher Giulio Berruti Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Letizia Ciampa
young woman dominatrix sex addict sex columist man mother cheeky confident disturbing emotional intense rousing italy sicily sex sexual awakening sexual fantasy relationships love scandal
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
Drama
USA
1940
90 Minutes
William Holden Martha Scott Frank Craven Fay Bainter Beulah Bondi Thomas Mitchell Guy Kibbee Stuart Erwin
milkman editor stage manager professor husband wife emotional sad amusing grover's corners new hampshire garden wedding cemetery small-town life america love transformation growing up love
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.
Drama
Italy|Switzerland|France
2010
126 Minutes
Alba Rohrwacher Pierfrancesco Favino Giuseppe Battiston Teresa Saponangelo Fabio Troiano Monica Nappo Tatiana Lepore Sergio Solli Gisella Burinato Gigio Alberti Francesca Capelli
accountant boyfriend girlfriend married man wife bleak sultry dark raw italy office hotel infidelity commitment boredom desire love forbidden love temptation transformation
One day at a colleague's going away party, Anna meets Domenico, a virile, slightly older chap who's married with two small kids. Passion's flames are rapidly kindled and result in steamy encounters.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|France|Netherlands|Norway|Iceland|Spain|UK
1996
159 Minutes
Emily Watson Stellan Skarsgård Katrin Cartlidge Jean-Marc Barr Adrian Rawlins Sandra Voe Udo Kier Mikkel Gaup Roef Ragas Phil McCall
wife husband lover mother doctor sailor emotional dark scotland small town coast household church infidelity paralysis love sex god accident forbidden love
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Drama
USA|UK
1996
162 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Juliette Binoche Willem Dafoe Kristin Scott Thomas Naveen Andrews Colin Firth Julian Wadham Jürgen Prochnow Kevin Whately Clive Merrison Nino Castelnuovo
englishwoman count husband nurse soldier former lover emotional gripping endearing suspenseful passionate powerful cairo italy monastery cave sahara desert big city affair world war ii
At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1997
122 Minutes
Roberto Benigni Nicoletta Braschi Giorgio Cantarini Giustino Durano Sergio Bustric Marisa Paredes Amerigo Fontani Horst Buchholz Lidia Alfonsi Giuliana Lojodice Pietro De Silva
father mother son waiter schoolteacher nazi moving playful emotional sad bleak frightening italy concentration camp hotel household bookstore big city holocaust concentration camp
When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.