20 movies like The Bostonians, ordered by similarity : The Good Girls(1960), Cloud 9(2008), Hello, My Name Is Doris(2015), Dreamfactory(2019), The Woodlanders(1997), Carol(2015), Seduced(2016), Fool for Love(1985), Wajma: An Afghan Love Story(2013), Habermann(2010), Leading Lady(2014), Tiger Girl(2017) ...
Drama
UK|USA
1984
122 Minutes
woman activist radical lawyer man cousin bleak engaging boston household beach suffrage mentorship relationships women's rights marriage lesbianism love pursuit 19th century
A Boston feminist and a conservative Southern lawyer contend for the heart and mind of a beautiful and bright girl unsure of her future.
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.
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2015
90 Minutes
Sally Field Max Greenfield Beth Behrs Wendi McLendon-Covey Stephen Root Elizabeth Reaser Isabella Acres Natasha Lyonne Tyne Daly Peter Gallagher Jack Antonoff
older woman young man co-worker single woman granddaughter best friend amusing charming endearing heartwarming inspiring melodramatic offbeat quirky manhattan staten island, n.y. united states workplace office single life
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
Drama, Romance
Germany
2019
128 Minutes
Emilia Schüle Dennis Mojen Ken Duken Svenja Jung Nikolai Kinski Anatole Taubman Heiner Lauterbach Lenn Kudrjawizki Milton Welsh
german dancer frenchwoman love interest beautiful woman film producer charming endearing engaging heartwarming emotional melodramatic germany east germany film set east/west clash dancing romance filmmaking attraction
A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Drama
UK
1997
96 Minutes
Emily Woof Rufus Sewell Cal Macaninch Tony Haygarth Jodhi May Polly Walker Walter Sparrow Sheila Burrell
woodsman young woman peasant woman doctor wealthy woman father moving melodramatic england small town woods cottage manor class distinctions love triangle manners family arranged marriage father/daughter relationship forbidden love
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishing school. Her father now believes she ... See full summary »
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Elisabeth Röhm Jon Prescott Julie Mond Robert Mailhouse Jessica Amlee April Audia Tanner Stine Ser'Darius Blain Cade Carradine Alexandria Basso
widow woman con man love interest murder suspect lover charming cheeky emotional passionate suspenseful disheartening germany city beach love love interest relationships betrayal trust
A woman is conned by a man who uses online dating ads to rob women.
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
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, War
Germany|Czech Republic|Austria
2010
104 Minutes
Mark Waschke Karel Roden Ben Becker Hannah Herzsprung Radek Holub Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht Zuzana Kronerová Jan Hrusínský Franziska Weisz Andrej Hryc Oldrich Kaiser
german german soldier man young woman love interest war hero engaging thrilling suspenseful gripping emotional melodramatic germany world war ii war heroes relationships danger fighting evil german occupation revenge
A mill owner in the Sudetenland and his family's lives are changed as Europe heats up in 1938.
Drama, Romance
UK|South Africa
2014
96 Minutes
Katie McGrath Bok van Blerk Gil Bellows Brumilda Van Rensburg André Stolz Eduan van Jaarsveldt Craig Palm Mary Twala
british woman teacher actress farmer love interest romantic interest rival director single man single woman south african man afrikaans amusing charming engaging heartwarming hilarious inspiring lighthearted positive
An idealistic British drama school teacher, Jodi Rutherford, persuades a cynical South African farmer to prepare her for a role in a major film as an Afrikaans war heroine. In return Jodi ... See full summary »
Drama, Action
Germany
2017
91 Minutes
Ella Rumpf Maria-Victoria Dragus Enno Trebs Orce Feldschau Swiss Benjamin Lutzke Franz Rogowski Ulrik Bruchholz Lana Cooper Robert Gwisdek Franziska Arnold
fighter young woman poor woman villain woman victim bleak intense emotional dark disturbing melodramatic germany relationships fighting rule breaking passion crime love adventure
TIGER gets what she wants. VANILLA does not know what she wants. Apart from one important thing: a uniform. TIGER teach her to bite, and VANILLA tastes blood. So TIGER needs to learn a new rule: They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
Drama
2017
125 Minutes
man woman romantic interest romantic rival love interest rival lighthearted playful positive engaging india travel online dating romance love love adventure discovery 21st century
Jaya and Yogi set out on a short journey to retrace past relationships and end up in the most eventful, strange, crazy trip of their lives.
Drama, Romance
USA
1997
96 Minutes
Victoria Principal Adrian Pasdar Mary Kay Place Terence Knox Finn Carter Linda Sorensen Tobias Mehler Kirsten Robek Anna Ferguson Ron Sauvé BJ Harrison
divorcée older woman young man love interest lover cougar engaging charming emotional passionate melodramatic american pacific northwest pacific northwest romance new romance following your heart older woman-younger man attraction sexual awakening adventure
Romeo & Juliet gets transplanted to the Bronx.
Drama
India
2000
193 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Urmila Matondkar Mahima Chaudhry Johnny Lever Reema Lagoo Paresh Rawal Gulshan Grover Shivaji Satham
young man young woman lover criminal best friend uncle emotional heartwarming engaging melodramatic mumbai, india police station house love triangle love unrequited love family relationships criminal past love pursuit
Policeman Vishal is shot when his boss bungles a raid on a boat. To avoid the wrath of Vishal's family, his boss hires a lookalike to stop their suspicions. But when the policeman's ... See full summary »
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.
Drama, Romance
West Germany
1955
105 Minutes
Eva Kotthaus Erik Schumann Horst Buchholz Georg Thomalla Gustav Knuth Camilla Spira Erich Ponto Lucie Höflich Siegfried Lowitz Otto Wernicke Wolfgang Neuss
german woman son border patrol officer love interest great-grandmother emotional melodramatic engaging heartwarming passionate charming east germany germany west germany border mother/son relationship east/west clash family relationships father/son relationship
A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.
Drama
India
1984
120 Minutes
singer young man young woman love interest bleak moving emotional endearing sad shocking india city house bungalow hospital true love love-hate relationship family relationships family ties love
Bhairavi, a renowned singer, sees a revolutionary Sandeep badly injured and takes him home for treatment. Sandeep had left his father Upendra as Sandeep had taken to terrorism. He hated ... See full summary »
Drama
1976
93 Minutes
Hilda Koronel Ruel Vernal Rez Cortez Carpi Asturias Mona Lisa Marlon Ramirez Nina Lorenzo Mely Mallari
young woman mother daughter boyfriend love interest uncle engaging emotional melodramatic suspenseful bleak intense manila manila, philippines relationships attraction mother/daughter relationship jealousy fighting tragedy
After a teenager is raped by her mother's boyfriend, she sets out to exact revenge on anyone who has hurt her.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
South Korea
2016
144 Minutes
Kim Min-hee Kim Tae-ri Ha Jung-woo Cho Jin-Woong Kim Hae-sook Moon So-ri Jeong Ha-dam Eun-hyung Jo
korean woman pickpocket japanese woman lesbian heiress intense emotional melodramatic profound brooding korea house lesbianism trust fraud money japanese occupation love forbidden love pursuit
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.