20 movies like The Painted Veil, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Ismael's Ghosts(2017), Cloud 9(2008), The Delinquent Season(2017), Rafiki(2018), Chloe in the Afternoon(1972), The Seventh Sin(1957), The Cakemaker(2017), Husband Material(2018), Asako I & II(2018), O Quatrilho(1995), The Light Between Oceans(2016) ...
Romance, Drama
China|USA|Canada
2006
125 Minutes
Naomi Watts Edward Norton Liev Schreiber Diana Rigg Zoe Telford Toby Jones Anthony Wong Sally Hawkins
doctor cheater wife sick person emotional china house village cholera outbreak medical experiments infidelity redemption arranged marriage addiction love metamorphosis 1920s
A British medical doctor fights a cholera epidemic in a small Chinese village, while being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
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, 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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Drama
USA
1957
94 Minutes
Eleanor Parker Bill Travers George Sanders Jean-Pierre Aumont Francoise Rosay Ellen Corby
doctor wife husband lover servant emotional moving hong kong house village social standing infidelity love marital problems love triangle difficult decision transformation love rescue discovery
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with a married man. Her husband discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to a remote mainland village or face the scandal of a very public divorce.
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.
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, 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, Romance
Brazil
1995
92 Minutes
Gloria Pires Patrícia Pillar Bruno Campos Alexandre Paternost Gianfrancesco Guarnieri Cecil Thiré Cláudio Mamberti José Lewgoy Antonio Carlos Pires
immigrant wife husband farmer neighbor lover passionate emotional uplifting brazil rural community household farm infidelity marriage immigration farming childcare social ostracism forbidden love
Two couples of Italian immigrants are part of a game that leads to treason and brings serious consequences to those who lose.
Romance, Drama
UK|New Zealand|USA|India|Australia
2016
133 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Alicia Vikander Rachel Weisz Bryan Brown Jack Thompson Emily Barclay Caren Pistorius Florence Clery Thomas Unger Jane Menelaus Garry McDonald
lighthouse keeper wife dead person baby friend family member brooding emotional intense lighthouse house boat bedroom yard island love miscarriage loss second chance secrets
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.
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.
Drama, Romance
2018
82 Minutes
Aure Atika Nicolas Bauwens Tommy Lee Baïk Ilian Bergala Pierre Cartonnet Marie Denarnaud Félix Maritaud
young man man gay man classmate concierge boyfriend intense brooding suspenseful melodramatic emotional profound hotel club school past homosexuality partnership first love trust
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, Drama
France|Japan|Switzerland
2009
120 Minutes
Anna Mouglalis Mads Mikkelsen Elena Morozova Natacha Lindinger Grigoriy Manukov Radivoje Bukvic Nicolas Vaude Anatole Taubman Erick Desmarestz Clara Guelblum Maxime Daniélou
composer fashion designer russian wife emotional paris russian revolution villa affair love grief living with disability relationships fashion rise forbidden love love 1920s
Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
UK
2019
91 Minutes
Lesley Manville Glenn Leyburn Liam Neeson David Wilmot Amit Shah Lalor Roddy Maggie Cronin Desmond Edwards Melanie Clark Pullen Stella McCusker Geraldine McAlinden
husband wife couple cancer patient doctor heartwarming passionate sad emotional street family home doctor's office train hospital cafeteria couples cancer love perseverance devotion
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
Romance, Drama
UK
1945
86 Minutes
Celia Johnson Trevor Howard Stanley Holloway Cyril Raymond Joyce Carey Everley Gregg Marjorie Mars Margaret Barton Dennis Harkin Valentine Dyall Nuna Davey
wife husband doctor friend somber mushy cafeteria train family home suburbia england infidelity marriage love forbidden love 1940s
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
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, Biography, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|France|USA
2016
111 Minutes
David Oyelowo Rosamund Pike Jack Davenport Tom Felton Laura Carmichael Charlotte Hope Jack Lowden Nicholas Lyndhurst Jessica Oyelowo Arnold Oceng Anastasia Hille
prince african white woman british woman citizen president charming moving emotional engaging inspiring powerful botswana africa united kingdom embassy village street love forbidden love
The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.