20 movies like La Pointe Courte, ordered by similarity : Ismael's Ghosts(2017), Cousin, Cousine(1975), Carol(2015), Carry on Henry VIII(1971), La belle époque(2019), The Hairdresser's Husband(1990), Chloe in the Afternoon(1972), The Bridges of Madison County(1995), Cloud 9(2008), Middle of Nowhere(2012), Brokeback Mountain(2005), What Dreams May Come(1998) ...
Romance
France
1956
76 Minutes
Sylvia Montfort Philippe Noiret
husband wife fisherman child government official teen girl creative offbeat dense somber france fishing village mediterranean coast festival failing marriage rural life city vs. country poverty death of child arranged marriage
Follow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.
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.
Romance
1975
96 Minutes
Marie-Christine Barrault Victor Lanoux Marie-France Pisier Guy Marchand Ginette Garcin Sybil Maas Jean Herbert Pierre Plessis Catherine Verlor
wife husband cousin lover family amusing cheeky tender witty france wedding comedy love family marriage temptation forbidden love love 1970s
Two distant French cousins (Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux) meet, fall in love and have an affair despite their marriages.
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, Comedy
UK
1971
89 Minutes
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey Barbara Windsor Terry Scott Kenneth Connor Julian Holloway Peter Gilmore Julian Orchard David Davenport
henry viii king queen husband wife amusing charming hilarious lighthearted melodramatic offbeat court castle kingdom bedroom chamber marriage love affair plot
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up ... See full summary »
Romance
France|Belgium
2019
115 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Guillaume Canet Doria Tillier Pierre Arditi Fanny Ardant Denis Podalydès Michaël Cohen Jeanne Arènes Bertrand Poncet Bruno Raffaelli Lizzie Brocheré
husband wife actress director son amusing charming emotional endearing heartwarming hilarious lighthearted quirky tender town france nostalgia love at first sight rekindled romance marriage
A couple in crisis. He, disillusioned, sees his life upset the day an entrepreneur offers him to plunge back into the time of his choice.
Romance
France
1990
83 Minutes
Jean Rochefort Anna Galiena Henry Hocking Maurice Chevit Roland Bertin Philippe Clévenot Ticky Holgado Michèle Laroque
husband wife hairdresser young boy suicidal person offbeat sultry playful amusing france village hair salon sexual obsession marriage memory suicide self-destruction relationships love temptation
Antoine has always been fascinated with a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume and the figure of a woman with an opulent bosom, moreover, he knew that he would marry one, fulfilling his dream of a perfect and idealised love.
Romance, Drama
France
1972
93 Minutes
Bernard Verley Zouzou Francoise Verley Daniel Ceccaldi
husband wife beautiful woman emotional france paris marriage adultery infidelity love triangle love forbidden love temptation 1970s
Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.
Romance, Drama
USA
1995
135 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Meryl Streep Annie Corley Victor Slezak Jim Haynie Sarah Kathryn Schmitt Christopher Kroon Phyllis Lyons Debra Monk Richard Lage Michelle Benes
wife husband lover child lawyer tender endearing powerful moving illinois forbidden love affair war bride family society forbidden love discovery 1960s
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
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.
Romance, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Emayatzy Corinealdi David Oyelowo Omari Hardwick Lorraine Toussaint Edwina Findley Sharon Lawrence Dondré Whitfield Troy Curvey III Maya Gilbert
wife husband couple medical student convict emotional endearing engaging gripping inspiring prison united states america prison prison life self-discovery journey marriage relationships incarceration
A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
USA|Canada
2005
134 Minutes
Heath Ledger Jake Gyllenhaal Linda Cardellini Anna Faris Anne Hathaway Michelle Williams Randy Quaid Graham Beckel Scott Michael Campbell David Harbour Kate Mara
cowboy rodeo rider rancher wife husband emotional moving wyoming family home ranch mountain mexico homosexuality cowboys love marriage frustrated desire relationships forbidden love love
Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.
Romance, Fantasy, Drama
USA|New Zealand
1998
113 Minutes
Robin Williams Cuba Gooding Jr. Annabella Sciorra Max von Sydow Jessica Brooks Grant Josh Paddock Rosalind Chao Lucinda Jenney
father husband wife spirit guide dead person child creative dreamy emotional profound heaven hell imaginary world house hospital lake afterlife heroism family imagination
Chris Nielsen dies in an accident, and enters Heaven. But when he discovers that his beloved wife Annie has killed herself out of grief over the loss, he embarks on an afterlife adventure to reunite with her.
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.
Romance, War, Drama, History
1966
373 Minutes
Lyudmila Saveleva Sergei Bondarchuk Vyacheslav Tikhonov Oleg Tabakov Boris Zakhava Anatoliy Ktorov Anastasiya Vertinskaya Antonina Shuranova Viktor Stanitsyn
count countess military officer soldier wife socialite creative gripping passionate russia royal palace family home battlefield countryside war love marriage infidelity horrors of war love
Romance
USA
1940
112 Minutes
Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn James Stewart Ruth Hussey John Howard Roland Young John Halliday Virginia Weidler Mary Nash Henry Daniell Hillary Brooke
ex-wife ex-husband reporter wealthy man sister father amusing charming engaging philadelphia family home marriage love triangle wedding romance love discovery temptation 1940s
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Romance
USA
1940
84 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Charles Coburn Judith Barrett Anthony Quinn Jerry Colonna Johnny Arthur Pierre Watkin Steve Pendleton Miles Mander
sailor best friend love interest wife ex-boyfriend father lighthearted charming ship family home singapore love triangle marriage running away father/son relationship friendship travel love quest pursuit
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet a beautiful dancer.
Romance
UK
1958
100 Minutes
Cary Grant Ingrid Bergman Cecil Parker Phyllis Calvert David Kossoff Megs Jenkins Oliver Johnston Middleton Woods
actress diplomat banker wife love interest charming passionate london apartment banquet hall restaurant love triangle marriage affair nato foreign relations deception forbidden love quest 1950s
An actress who has given up on love meets a suave banker and begins a flirtation with him...even though he's already married.
Musical, Romance
France|West Germany
1964
91 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Nino Castelnuovo Anne Vernon Marc Michel Ellen Farner Mireille Perrey Jean Champion P. Caden J.P. Dorat
pretty woman mechanic businessperson husband wife emotional melodramatic moving france small town cherbourg, france social standing love triangle small-town life love growing up discovery 1960s
A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.
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.
Romance
UK
1994
116 Minutes
Hugh Grant Andie MacDowell Kristin Scott Thomas Simon Callow Rowan Atkinson James Fleet John Hannah Charlotte Coleman David Bower Corin Redgrave Kenneth Griffith
friend lover brother english gentleman sexy woman priest amusing charming endearing moving heartwarming london scotland wedding funeral funeral home church love friendship unrequited love
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.