20 movies like Old Acquaintance, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Stuck in Love(2012), Saudagar(1991), Fool for Love(1985), Othello(1995), Love Never Dies(1921), Housewife(1934), Before Midnight(2013), The Second Mother(2015), A Taste of Honey(1961), Reprise(2006), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017) ...
Drama
USA
1943
110 Minutes
Bette Davis Miriam Hopkins Gig Young John Loder Dolores Moran Philip Reed Roscoe Karns Anne Revere
writer author husband daughter lover melodramatic playful united states house jealousy success book publishing divorce friendship rivalry forbidden love wretched excess revenge 1920s
Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels.
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
97 Minutes
Greg Kinnear Jennifer Connelly Lily Collins Logan Lerman Nat Wolff Patrick Schwarzenegger Liana Liberato Kristen Bell Michael Goodwin
author child parent father daughter son neighbor love interest romantic interest ex-wife engaging lighthearted inspiring playful mushy positive united states house beach bar
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Drama
India
1991
213 Minutes
Amrish Puri Dina Pathak Jackie Shroff Deepti Naval Manisha Koirala Dilip Kumar Vivek Mushran Raaj Kumar
grandfather grandson granddaughter friend lover villain somber emotional touching india woods jail house family feud love friendship star-crossed lovers forbidden love rivalry 1990s
Two clan chiefs who have maintained a blood feud for decades have to contend with the romance between their respective grandchildren.
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
USA|UK
1995
124 Minutes
Laurence Fishburne Irène Jacob Kenneth Branagh Nathaniel Parker Michael Maloney Anna Patrick Nicholas Farrell Indra Ové Michael Sheen Andre Oumansky Philip Locke
othello iago senator desdemona lackey maid gripping playful dark venice, italy cyprus racism jealousy love military engagement father/daughter relationship violence love rivalry wretched excess
The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio, when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
Drama
USA
1921
80 Minutes
Lloyd Hughes Madge Bellamy Joseph Bennett Claire McDowell Winifred Greenwood Frank Brownlee Julia Brown Lillian Leighton
husband wife father rival mother melodramatic uneasy north carolina small town city household river reputation deception father/daughter relationship false accusations small-town life schemes rivalry transformation
John and Tilly's happy marriage is ruined when Tilly's father finds out about the scandalous past of John's mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law's meddling, thinks Tilly has left him,... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Bette Davis George Brent Ann Dvorak John Halliday Ruth Donnelly Robert Barrat Hobart Cavanaugh Joseph Cawthorn Harry Tyler Leila Bennett Ronnie Cosby
housewife ad copywriter lover husband son old friend witty melodramatic uneasy advertising office house courtroom divorce advertising ambition infidelity poverty marriage love rise
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
USA|Greece
2013
109 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Jennifer Prior Charlotte Prior Walter Lassally Xenia Kalogeropoulou Ariane Labed
lover greek person daughter friend family member grandmother brooding emotional intense greece car train house beach hotel reminiscence love argument questioning travel
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Drama
Brazil
2015
112 Minutes
Regina Casé Michel Joelsas Lourenço Mutarelli Karine Teles Camila Márdila Helena Albergaria Luis Miranda Theo Werneck Luci Pereira
housekeeper maid family member mother daughter son charming disheartening heartwarming emotional melodramatic intense brazil são paulo apartment relationships single mothers mother/daughter relationship abandonment love
When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Drama
Norway
2006
105 Minutes
Anders Danielsen Lie Espen Klouman Høiner Viktoria Winge Henrik Elvestad Christian Rubeck Odd-Magnus Williamson Pal Stokka Henrik Mestad
friend girlfriend writer author disheartening melodramatic amusing city apartment party ocean norway stage success friendship writing rejection jealousy mental breakdown quest
Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers.
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
Romance, Drama
France
2017
114 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Marion Cotillard Charlotte Gainsbourg Louis Garrel Alba Rohrwacher Laszlo Szabo Hippolyte Girardot Jacques Nolot Catherine Mouchet Samir Guesmi
filmmaker girlfriend former lover wife missing wife husband emotional tense intricate sultry passionate france beach house beach office filmmaker going home love relationships marriage
The story follows a filmmaker whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.
Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Horror, Fantasy
UK|Germany|Greece|France
2013
122 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Tom Hiddleston Anton Yelchin Mia Wasikowska John Hurt Jeffrey Wright Slimane Dazi Carter Logan Yasmine Hamdan Aurélie Thépaut
vampire musician married woman married man author sister bleak emotional melodramatic creative intense dark united states tangiers, morocco detroit house vampires relationships love depression
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. Though their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2017
71 Minutes
Patricia Clarkson Bruno Ganz Cherry Jones Emily Mortimer Cillian Murphy Kristin Scott Thomas Timothy Spall
host friend politician husband couple wife brash amusing emotional tense quirky london house living room bathroom dining room kitchen friendship relationships marriage
Janet (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) hosts a party to celebrate her new promotion, but once the guests arrive, it becomes clear that not everything is going to go down as smoothly as the red wine.
Drama
New Zealand
1996
92 Minutes
Aleksandra Vujcic Julian Arahanga Rade Serbedzija Marton Csokas Jing Zhao Yang Li Madeline McNamara Elizabeth Mavric Temuera Morrison Michael Langley Morena Tutuguro
father daughter lover cook sister maori intense powerful emotional restaurant house auckland, new zealand bedroom immigrants marrying for money father/daughter relationship jealousy rebellion rivalry love
Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees in Auckland. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Biography, Drama
Ireland|UK
2018
110 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Elizabeth Debicki Isabella Rossellini Rupert Penry-Jones Peter Ferdinando Emerald Fennell Gethin Anthony Rory Fleck-Byrne Karla Crome
writer married woman love interest husband socialite feminist confident emotional engaging gripping intense passionate london home city garden party affair modernity marriage
It's the fascinating true story about the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.
Drama
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Brett Dier Brooke Adams Piper Laurie Max Adler Emily Baldoni Shannon Collis Cathy DeBuono Emily Goss Christopher McVay Shana Sarin
matriarch daughter granddaughter husband grandmother love interest sultry emotional endearing moving touching house kitchen lake living room family love relationships friendship secret love
When a grandmother's secret past collides with her granddaughter's secret future and her daughter's angry present, can the love of three generations be enough to accept decades of deceit. With a simple roll of film it begins.
Drama
India
1984
180 Minutes
Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar Rishi Kapoor Amrita Singh Prem Chopra Amrish Puri
husband wife friend daughter ex-convict gripping engaging emotional india city house apartment prison imprisonment revenge murder justice love quest pursuit
Mohan Kumar's diligence and honesty lands him in trouble with Balwant Singh Kalra, Jugal Kishore Ahuja, and Mr. Bhandari. Together the trio frame and imprison Mohan and make him watch ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
2017
104 Minutes
Cillian Murphy Andrew Scott Eva Birthistle Catherine Walker Lara McDonnell Joanne Crawford Lydia McGuinness Ingrid Craigie Eva-Jane Gaffney Donal O'Farrell Joni Morris
husband wife couple friend lover confident emotional heartwarming passionate ireland house hotel restaurant marriage separation couples infidelity family love forbidden love
Two couples in suburban Dublin appear to live in marital bliss until an altercation between one of the couples occurs, which leads to cracks appearing in both marriages.