20 movies like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, ordered by similarity : Breathe(2017), Scarred Hearts(2016), I'm Going Home(2001), Ordinary Love(2019), Shine(1996), Late August, Early September(1998), The Fault in Our Stars(2014), The Theory of Everything(2014), A Street Cat Named Bob(2016), Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), Beautiful Boy(2018), We Were Here(2011) ...
Biography, Drama
France|USA
2007
114 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Emmanuelle Seigner Marie-Josée Croze Anne Consigny Patrick Chesnais Niels Arestrup Olatz Lopez Garmendia Jean-Pierre Cassel Marina Hands Max von Sydow
editor nurse doctor patient lover emotional engaging sad hospital france car airplane illness survival stroke paralysis infidelity loneliness fall transformation
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
117 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Claire Foy Tom Hollander Stephen Mangan Hugh Bonneville Dean-Charles Chapman Amit Shah Ben Lloyd-Hughes Emily Bevan Camilla Rutherford Diana Rigg
paraplegic wife brother inventor patient doctor emotional powerful heartwarming moving positive uplifting hospital countryside england kenya airplane tennis court survival paralysis
The inspiring true love story of Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Their heartwarming celebration of human possibility marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.
Drama, History
2016
141 Minutes
Lucian Teodor Rus Gabriel Spahiu Ivana Mladenovic Ilinca Harnut Bogdan Cotlet Marius Damian Alexandru Dabija Dana Voicu Andrei Rus Liliana Ghita
sick person doctor nurse patient friend amusing profound powerful inspiring touching sanatorium hospital carriage office doctor's office hospital room life illness friendship relationships
Emanuel is committed to a sanatorium for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the limitations of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.
Comedy, Drama
France|Portugal
2001
90 Minutes
Michel Piccoli Antoine Chappey Catherine Deneuve John Malkovich Leonor Baldaque Leonor Silveira
actor director grandson actress agent nanny sad profound emotional tender paris theater café film set house france tragic death aging retirement mourning
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash.
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.
Biography, Drama
Australia
1996
105 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Justin Braine Sonia Todd Armin Mueller-Stahl Noah Taylor Lynn Redgrave John Gielgud Googie Withers Alex Rafalowicz Nicholas Bell Chris Heywood
pianist doctor restaurant manager father mental patient uplifting emotional gutsy concert hall london sanatorium restaurant piano family feud mental illness recovery dreams father/son relationship fall transformation
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Drama
France
1998
111 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Virginie Ledoyen François Cluzet Jeanne Balibar Alex Descas Mia Hansen-Løve Arsinée Khanjian Nathalie Richard
dying person friend girlfriend lover editor emotional sad touching sultry france paris hospital countryside city mortality love triangle dying young friendship sex writing
A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends and lovers as they come to make decisions on how to live their lives--getting a job more in ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
USA
2014
126 Minutes
Shailene Woodley Ansel Elgort Willem Dafoe Nat Wolff Laura Dern Sam Trammell Mike Birbiglia Emily Peachey
cancer patient teen boy author parent doctor nurse amusing charming emotional sad hospital doctor's office support group bedroom street trolley cancer dying wish relationships love
Two teenage cancer patients begin a life-affirming journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam.
Romance, Biography, Drama
UK|Japan|USA
2014
123 Minutes
Eddie Redmayne Felicity Jones Emily Watson David Thewlis Charlie Cox Simon McBurney Maxine Peake Charlotte Hope Tom Prior Enzo Cilenti Gruffudd Glyn
student physicist stephen hawking girlfriend doctor genius confident cool intricate touching england cambridge university hospital apartment auditorium car physics time illness love
A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.
Biography, Drama
UK
2016
103 Minutes
Luke Treadaway Ruta Gedmintas Joanne Froggatt Anthony Head Caroline Goodall Ruth Sheen Darren Evans Beth Goddard Nina Wadia Franc Ashman
cat stray animal musician street performer love interest drug addict singer pet owner social worker emotional endearing engaging lighthearted positive london apartment animal care animal rescue relationships pet care
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Drama, Biography, History
UK
1958
116 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Jack Warner Denise Grey Alain Saury Maurice Ronet Anne Leon Sydney Tafler
spy woman man soldier husband daughter confident emotional engaging patriotic france england germany train concentration camp espionage war love death pursuit
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Documentary, Drama, History, Biography, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Weber Paul Boneberg Ed Wolf Daniel Goldstein Guy Clark
lesbian gay man nurse woman bleak emotional moving sad san francisco aids homosexuality disease death epidemic sexually transmitted diseases transformation fall discovery 2010s
A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
Biography, Drama
France|Belgium
2009
105 Minutes
Audrey Tautou Benoît Poelvoorde Alessandro Nivola Marie Gillain Emmanuelle Devos Régis Royer Etienne Bartholomeus Yan Duffas Fabien Béhar Roch Leibovici Jean-Yves Chatelais
fashion designer seamstress cabaret performer businessman lover engaging emotional passionate orphanage cabaret paris france household fashion innovation creative process social climbing coco chanel class distinctions love
The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.
Biography, Drama, History
Sweden|Denmark
2018
123 Minutes
Alba August Maria Bonnevie Trine Dyrholm Magnus Krepper Henrik Rafaelsen Björn Gustafson Sofia Karemyr Liv LeMoyne Mira Mitchell Maria Alm Norell
son lover adoptive mother author young woman doctor suspenseful emotional inspiring office copenhagen small town field family home sweden struggle life story unplanned pregnancy courage absence
Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.
Biography, Drama
UK|USA|Australia|Japan|France
2007
121 Minutes
Sam Riley Samantha Morton Craig Parkinson Alexandra Maria Lara Joe Anderson James Anthony Pearson Toby Kebbell Harry Treadaway Andrew Sheridan Robert Shelly
musician manager journalist wife dark sad brooding england household concert stage suicide marriage loneliness love triangle infidelity music fall rise love 1970s
A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
USA
1999
119 Minutes
Hilary Swank Chloë Sevigny Peter Sarsgaard Brendan Sexton III Alison Folland Alicia Goranson Matt McGrath Rob Campbell Jeannetta Arnette
transsexual love interest friend criminal bleak emotional lincoln, neb. falls city, neb. bar apartment gender identity troubled youth violence growing up transformation forbidden love fall 1990s
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
Adventure, Biography, Drama
USA
2007
147 Minutes
Emile Hirsch Marcia Gay Harden William Hurt Jena Malone Catherine Keener Brian Dierker Vince Vaughn Zach Galifianakis Kristen Stewart Kyle Kwon Hal Holbrook
student farmer mistress wealthy man emotional engaging alaska california car farm survival freedom rebellion family road trip nature discovery escape 1990s
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Biography, Drama
USA|UK|France
2015
103 Minutes
Julianne Moore Elliot Page Michael Shannon Josh Charles Luke Grimes Skipp Sudduth Steve Carell Tom McGowan Dennis Boutsikaris Mary Birdsong Gabriel Luna
detective lieutenant lesbian partner co-worker activist brooding emotional intense police station new jersey car house beach hospital partnership activism terminal illness dying wish love
New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
106 Minutes
Annette Bening Jamie Bell Julie Walters Kenneth Cranham Vanessa Redgrave Frances Barber Leanne Best Jodie McNee Stephen Graham Joanna Brookes Pete Lee-Wilson
actor actress hollywood icons bleak emotional engaging liverpool, england love death loss forbidden love love transformation 1980s
A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.