20 movies like Stanley & Iris, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Kareeb(1998), Rockstar(2011), Rust and Bone(2012), What If(2013), Four Weddings and a Funeral(1994), Yeh Dillagi(1994), Cloud 9(2008), Middle of Nowhere(2012), Saving Face(2004), Deedar-e-Yaar(1982), Husband Material(2018) ...
Romance
USA|Canada
1990
104 Minutes
Jane Fonda Robert De Niro Swoosie Kurtz Martha Plimpton Harley Cross Jamey Sheridan Feodor Chaliapin Katherine Cortez
widow cook boss daughter son sister moving sad inspiring bakery cafeteria garage house illiteracy grief teaching teen pregnancy unemployment friendship love
A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.
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
India
1998
160 Minutes
Bobby Deol Neha Shammi Kapoor Johnny Lever Saurabh Shukla Abhay Chopra Moushumi Chatterjee
young man young woman lover love interest thief emotional endearing heartwarming moving india house bungalow hospital first love forbidden love domineering father father/son relationship love forbidden love sacrifice
Birju is a young man who lives with his mom, dad, elder brother, Bhabhi and nephew in an upper middle class home. His father would like him to work as well as accept some responsibility, ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
India
2011
160 Minutes
Ranbir Kapoor Shammi Kapoor Aditi Rao Hydari Piyush Mishra Nargis Fakhri Shikha Jain Jaideep Ahlawat
young woman young man father mother singer love interest gripping intense emotional moving sad india house bungalow valley wedding reception love interest love at first sight friendship relationships
Janardhan Jakhar chases his dreams of becoming a big Rock star, during which he falls in love with Heer.
Romance, Drama
France|Belgium|Singapore
2012
122 Minutes
Marion Cotillard Matthias Schoenaerts Armand Verdure Céline Sallette Corinne Masiero Bouli Lanners Jean-Michel Correia Mourad Frarema Yannick Choirat
bouncer amputee sister son kickboxer friend moving inspiring south of france household hospital nightclub unlikely romance disability social standing father/son relationship love transformation 2010s
Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Romance
2013
102 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Zoe Kazan Megan Park Adam Driver Mackenzie Davis Jemima Rooper Rafe Spall Meghan Heffern Jonathan Cherry Oona Chaplin
friend best friend love interest medical student boyfriend girlfriend college dropout true love animator amusing endearing heartwarming hilarious lighthearted positive united states apartment city office love
A medical-school dropout (Daniel Radcliffe) tries to hide his attraction to his new friend (Zoe Kazan), a bubbly artist who already has a boyfriend.
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.
Drama, Romance
India
1994
155 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Saif Ali Khan Kajol Saeed Jaffrey Reema Lagoo Achyut Potdar Neena Softa Deven Verma Karisma Kapoor
father son brother businessman driver daughter amusing charming cool emotional hilarious melodramatic house bungalow office garage car love at first sight love interest love triangle
A poor girl is rebuked by a rich boy. She leaves town to return successful and rich. He falls for her but his brother is already in love with the girl.
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, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Drama, Romance
India
1982
169 Minutes
Jeetendra Rekha Rishi Kapoor Tina Ambani Shreeram Lagoo Nirupa Roy Deven Verma Reena Roy
young man childhood friend young woman father intense suspenseful gripping spirited moving sad india house bungalow dance hall dance floor love at first sight friendship love triangle marriage love
Two close and devout Muslim youth, Javed and Akhtar, are childhood pals. They both unknowingly fall in love with the same woman, Firdaus. Since Akhtar is wealthy, and comes from a noble ... See full summary »
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Tapsee Pannu Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal Jasmin Bajwa Ashnoor Kaur Abdul Quadir Amin Saurabh Sachdeva
young woman dj bank employee father mother emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming charming india disco love triangle loveless marriage wedding true love unconditional love forbidden love love
A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
Romance
India
1998
177 Minutes
Shah Rukh Khan Kajol Rani Mukherji Anupam Kher Salman Khan Farida Jalal
young man young woman matchmaker love interest daughter dead person amusing heartwarming melodramatic emotional charming dreamy india love triangle serendipity father/daughter relationship matchmaking lost love bollywood love
During their college years, Anjali was in love with her best-friend Rahul, but he had eyes only for Tina. Years later, Rahul and the now-deceased Tina's eight-year-old daughter attempts to reunite her father and Anjali.
Other, Romance
USA
1949
87 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Janet Leigh Wendell Corey Gordon Gebert Griff Barnett Esther Dale Henry O'Neill Harry Morgan Larry J. Blake Helen Brown James Griffith
clerk widow single mother son lawyer homeless person lighthearted charming emotional department store hotel central park new york city zoo love fraud mourning mother/son relationship unemployment christmas
A young widow is torn between a boring attorney and a romantic ne'er-do-well.
Romance
USA
2015
90 Minutes
Columbus Short LeToya Luckett Serayah Jackie Christie Malik Yoba Parker McKenna Posey Ella Joyce Shanti Lowry Hawthorne James
bride bride-to-be groom ex-boyfriend lover love interest family parent friend mother father fiancé emotional heartwarming intense house beach beach house marriage love
On the day of her wedding, as Selena Jackson comes to terms with the long-lost love she's never quite gotten over, many of her guests, including her best friends and her own mother, also ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1946
96 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck George Brent Warner Anderson Lucile Watson John Ridgely Eve Arden Jerome Cowan Esther Dale Scotty Beckett Bobby Cooper Leona Maricle
widow major boyfriend son love interest moving emotional lake forest, ill. ski resort california chicago mourning relationships gossip romantic dilemma love triangle love love forbidden love discovery
A recent widow meets an army major while skiing and despite pressures from friends and family becomes romantically involved with him.
Drama, Romance
Japan
1962
103 Minutes
Ganjirô Nakamura Setsuko Hara Yoko Tsukasa Keiju Kobayashi Michiyo Aratama Chieko Naniwa Daisuke Kato
father daughter mistress son-in-law grandson emotional melodramatic kyoto, japan household brewery aging father/daughter relationship family deception sister relationship romance love discovery 1960s
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
2015
101 Minutes
Eliza Dushku Louisa Krause Gabriel Ebert Amir Arison Jon Bass Polly Draper Franco Gonzalez Gary Hilborn
sister young woman love interest parent boyfriend girlfriend moving engaging endearing new york city city united states family home party autism sister relationship sisterhood first love city life discovery
A young woman with Asperger's syndrome tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.
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.
Romance
USA|UK
2014
99 Minutes
Pierce Brosnan Salma Hayek Jessica Alba Malcolm McDowell Marlee Matlin Ivan Sergei Merrin Dungey Juliet Mills Ben McKenzie
professor love interest sister woman college professor bachelor airy amusing moving emotional engaging endearing los angeles united states classroom big city home love settling down relationships
A drama about a Cambridge poetry professor who begins to re-evaluate his life of Byronic excess.