20 movies like Flashbacks of a Fool, ordered by similarity : Cloud 9(2008), Fool for Love(1985), The Good Girls(1960), Wajma: An Afghan Love Story(2013), Beautiful Boy(2018), Carol(2015), Il y a des jours... et des lunes(1990), Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), A Summer Story(1988), Amour fou(2014), Parched(2015), Ben Is Back(2018) ...
Drama
UK
2008
113 Minutes
Daniel Craig Eve Harry Eden Olivia Williams Helen McCrory Jodhi May Miriam Karlin Keeley Hawes Emilia Fox James D'Arcy Claire Forlani
actor drug addict best friend older woman lover young woman melodramatic sad dreamy hollywood, calif. england seaside cemetery death memory affair suicide drug addiction fame growing up
A fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.
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
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
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.
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 »
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.
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.
Comedy, Drama
France
1990
117 Minutes
Gérard Lanvin Patrick Chesnais Vincent Lindon Annie Girardot Francis Huster Philippe Léotard Gérard Darmon Marie-Sophie Berthier
man woman stranger amusing sad emotional melodramatic heartwarming lobby moon sun death destiny friendship secrets love metamorphosis underdog forbidden love growing up
How can moon and time affect human mood and fate? In the manner of a Greek tragedy , this movie shows how the chaos of life ineluctably propels its characters towards violence and alienation.
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.
Drama, Romance
UK
1988
96 Minutes
Imogen Stubbs James Wilby Kenneth Colley Sophie Ward Susannah York Jerome Flynn
attorney farm girl beautiful girl aunt charming engaging sad winsome farm village english countryside seaside devon, england love forbidden love running away elopement abandonment forbidden love love
Ashton and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor when he twists his ankle. Ashton goes for help at a nearby farmhouse, where he stays for a few days and falls in love with Megan.
Drama, History
Austria|Luxembourg|Germany
2014
96 Minutes
Christian Friedel Birte Schnoeink Stephan Grossmann Katharina Schüttler Sebastian Hülk Sandra Hüller Eva-Maria Kurz Hana Sofia Lopes
poet cousin wife woman death intense emotional melodramatic touching passionate spirited berlin death romance poetry love forbidden love temptation rise fall
Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his skeptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. ... See full summary »
Drama
India|UK|USA
2015
116 Minutes
Radhika Apte Sayani Gupta Adil Hussain Surveen Chawla Tannishtha Chatterjee Sumeet Vyas Mahesh Balraj Chandan Anand Riddhi Sen Lehar Khan Tanya Sachdeva
young woman indian father mother friend man intense emotional melodramatic inspiring disturbing heartwarming india big city family traditions religious traditions women's rights confrontation friendship love
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2018
103 Minutes
Julia Roberts Lucas Hedges Courtney B. Vance Kathryn Newton Rachel Bay Jones David Zaldivar Alexandra Park Michael Esper Tim Guinee Myra Lucretia Taylor Mia Fowler
young man mother sister friend addict drug smuggler intense gripping emotional rousing brooding sad family home suburbia neighborhood small town substance abuse drug addiction family dysfunction family ties
A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve.
Drama
Italy|Spain
2005
120 Minutes
María Valverde Primo Reggiani Fabrizia Sacchi Marcello Mazzarella Claudio Santamaria Geraldine Chaplin Elio Germano Alba Rohrwacher Giulio Berruti Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Letizia Ciampa
young woman dominatrix sex addict sex columist man mother cheeky confident disturbing emotional intense rousing italy sicily sex sexual awakening sexual fantasy relationships love scandal
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
Romance, Drama
France
2015
124 Minutes
Vincent Cassel Emmanuelle Bercot Louis Garrel Isild Le Besco Chrystèle Saint Louis Augustin Patrick Raynal Yann Goven Paul Hamy
woman accident victim lover lawyer therapist drug addict intense melodramatic heartwarming emotional passionate touching clinic rehabilitation clinic ski slopes accident skiing passion past loves lost love
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent of medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.
Other, Drama
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Sarah Lancaster Karen Holness Gina Holden Jaime M. Callica Giles Panton Sharon Crandall Tristan Shire Tariq Leslie Serge Houde Jesse Carroll Sandy Robson
woman chef business woman friend romantic interest man emotional melodramatic playful mushy small town house diner office memories christmas nostalgia dream home dreams discovery
Amelia Pittman (Vanessa Simoes) is forced to interact with her father, Fred Pittman (Jody Mitchell) who abandoned her as a child and now has Alzheimer's.
Musical, Drama
India
2011
Minutes
Vidya Balan Emraan Hashmi Imran Hasnee Tusshar Kapoor Anju Mahendru Naseeruddin Shah
young woman mother aspiring actress actor director producer emotional endearing disheartening gripping sad moving india city mumbai movie set movie premiere village chasing dreams career aspirations
The love story between an actress and a director, inspired by the life of the late south Indian actress Silk Smitha.
Drama
UK
2018
96 Minutes
Marcus Rutherford Sophie Kennedy Clark Sam Gittins T'Nia Miller James Atwell Wil Coban Taurean Steele Jasmine Jobson Joshua Blisset Daniel Akilimali Christine Taetz
love interest man boxer trainer friend police officer brash brutal raw emotional unrestrained apartment boxing ring london street party jealousy obsession riots boxing
As London slides towards a time of violent social unrest, on the estates of East London, a young man's life is torn apart by a love for a girl from a different place.
Romance, War, Drama
1957
95 Minutes
Tatyana Samoylova Aleksey Batalov Vasili Merkuryev Aleksandr Shvorin Svetlana Kharitonova Valentin Zubkov
woman soldier cousin father brooding melodramatic touching moscow russia world war ii promises love love fall 1940s
A Moscow girl (Tatyana Samoylova) loves a World War II soldier (Aleksey Batalov) but marries a pianist.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
100 Minutes
Keira Knightley Chloë Grace Moretz Sam Rockwell Ellie Kemper Mark Webber Jeff Garlin Gretchen Mol Kaitlyn Dever Daniel Zovatto Jodi Thelen Dylan Arnold
woman boyfriend classmate girl friend teacher amusing charming cheeky quirky grocery store house bedroom school office car growing up life responsibility love
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.
Drama
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Albert Finney Rachel Roberts Shirley Anne Field Hylda Baker Norman Rossington Bryan Pringle Robert Cawdron Edna Morris Elsie Wagstaff Frank Pettitt
factory worker pregnant woman dark raw brooding england nottingham, england factory abortion alcoholism infidelity self-destruction love forbidden love wretched excess growing up 1960s
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.