20 movies like Johnny Belinda, ordered by similarity : Cloud 9(2008), Carol(2015), Fool for Love(1985), Free State(2016), Having You(2013), The Good Earth(1937), Sunset Song(2015), Woodpeckers(2017), Asako I & II(2018), The Good Girls(1960), Wajma: An Afghan Love Story(2013), Cruise(2018) ...
Drama
USA
1948
102 Minutes
Jane Wyman Lew Ayres Charles Bickford Jan Sterling Agnes Moorehead Stephen McNally
deaf person pretty woman doctor father aunt rapist emotional passionate canada cape breton island farm deafness romance false accusations rape family dysfunction pregnancy love underdog 1940s
A kind doctor volunteers to tutor a deaf-mute woman, but scandal starts to swirl when his pupil is raped and falls pregnant.
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.
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.
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, Romance
South Africa|India
2016
98 Minutes
Nicola Breytenbach Andrew Govender Leleti Khumalo Deon Lotz Terwadkar Rajiv Rolanda Marais Quentin Krog Paul Eilers Bobby Van Jaarsveld
woman indian man love interest family rival police officers major terrorist disheartening disturbing emotional gripping moving powerful south africa town hometown love forbidden love
A random act of kindness sparks a forbidden love affair between a white girl and an Indian man during the Apartheid system in South Africa.
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
USA
1937
138 Minutes
Paul Muni Luise Rainer Walter Connolly Tilly Losch Charley Grapewin Jessie Ralph Soo Yong Keye Luke Roland Lui Ching Wah Lee Harold Huber
farmer wife pretty woman son emotional melodramatic china farm farming family poverty aspirations marriage love triangle transformation love sacrifice 1930s
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Drama, History
UK|Luxembourg
2015
135 Minutes
Agyness Deyn Peter Mullan Kevin Guthrie Jack Greenlees Ian Pirie Hugh Ross Niall Greig Fulton Douglas Rankine
daughter farmer abusive father rape victim mother intense disturbing emotional melodramatic raw farm college canada argentina rape violence suicide world war i marriage love
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Romance, Drama
Japan|France
2018
119 Minutes
Erika Karata Masahiro Higashide Sairi Itô Kôji Nakamoto Kôji Seto Misako Tanaka Daichi Watanabe Rio Yamashita
woman love interest ex-boyfriend friend businessman dreamy charming passionate emotional tender japan house road countryside lost love love triangle new love romance love adventure
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
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
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, Romance
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Spencer Boldman Emily Ratajkowski Sebastian Maniscalco Lucas Salvagno Kathrine Narducci Noah Robbins Gino Cafarelli Jen Cohn Grace Wan Peter Gaudio
italian-american jewish woman love interest mother father racer passionate emotional engaging charming intense heartwarming long island, n.y. america new york city road home love star-crossed lovers romance
Set in the 1980s, a young Italian-American from the "wrong side of the tracks" falls for a Jewish girl from Long Island.
Romance, Drama
France
2015
124 Minutes
Vincent Cassel Emmanuelle Bercot Louis Garrel Isild Le Besco Chrystèle Saint Louis Augustin Patrick Raynal Yann Goven Paul Hamy
woman accident victim lover lawyer therapist drug addict intense melodramatic heartwarming emotional passionate touching clinic rehabilitation clinic ski slopes accident skiing passion past loves lost love
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent of medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.
Drama
USA
1964
92 Minutes
Barbara Barrie Bernie Hamilton Richard Mulligan Harry Bellaver Marti Mericka Robert Earl Jones Vinnette Carroll Anthony Spinelli
mother man father judge ex-husband child disheartening touching powerful ohio court factory farm race relations family court battles love custody quest forbidden love
Study of interracial marriage in the 1960's. A white divorcée falls in love with and marries an African-American man. When her ex-husband sues for custody of her child, arguing that a mixed... See full summary »
Drama
1971
116 Minutes
Julie Christie Alan Bates Dominic Guard Margaret Leighton Michael Redgrave Michael Gough Edward Fox Richard Gibson Roger Lloyd-Pack
teenager pretty woman farmer viscount emotional melodramatic passionate england estate farm countryside forbidden love love triangle infatuation social standing forbidden love growing up discovery 1900s
A circa-1900 British boy (Dominic Guard) carries illicit love letters between a farmer (Alan Bates) and an aristocratic woman (Julie Christie).
Drama
Germany
2010
96 Minutes
Karoline Herfurth Heino Ferch Katharina Müller-Elmau Karin Thaler Tim Seyfi Florian David Fitz Johannes Allmayer Ulrich Boris Pöppl
father therapist friend man cop amusing emotional touching sad germany italy sea therapist's office funeral car journey friendship chase epilepsy road trip
A young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome absconds from an institution with two other inhabitants to travel to Italy to fulfill his mother's last wish.
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.
Romance, Drama
USA|Mexico|UK
2007
138 Minutes
Javier Bardem Giovanna Mezzogiorno Benjamin Bratt John Alberto Leguizamo Catalina Sandino Moreno Liev Schreiber Laura Harring Héctor Elizondo Fernanda Montenegro
poet lover father grandfather niece doctor passionate melodramatic emotional colombia bedroom church bathtub household sex romance family loveless marriage heartbreak class distinctions
Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.
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.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
Kenya|South Africa|Germany|Netherlands|France|Norway|Lebanon|UK
2018
83 Minutes
Samantha Mugatsia Sheila Munyiva Neville Misati Nice Githinji Charlie Karumi Muthoni Gathecha Vitalis Waweru Mellen Aura Jimmy Gathu Nini Wacera Dennis Musyoka
best friend father lesbian love interest family member emotional touching cool tender passionate solemn nairobi kenya house bar forbidden love lesbianism secret love secret life forbidden love
"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.