Movies about forbidden love

Movies about forbidden love
List of the best films about forbidden love according to visitors: The Age of Innocence, Gabbeh, Tokyo Tower, The Liar and His Lover, Wuthering Heights, W.E., The Go-Between, Madrasapattinam, Devdas, Under a False Name.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:19

Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, music
CountryIran, France

An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh, while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping the two clean the rug. This young woman belongs to the clan whose history is depicted in the design of the gabbeh, and the rug recounts the story of the courtship of the young woman by a stranger from the clan.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryJapan

Toru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love to date older women. Koji is a playboy with several women, young and older, whereas Toru is a romantic with his heart set on on certain lady.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama
CountryJapan
Duration01:57

Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sound engineer Aki is a member of popular band "Crude Play," but right after the band decides to make their major record debut Aki quits the band. But, Aki provides his music to Crude Play under the name of producer Soichiro. Aki begins to date Riko, whose father runs a fruit and vegetable shop. Riko doesn't know about Aki's background, but she likes to listen to him hum. Riko is in a band herself, with childhood friend Yuichi and Sota. One day she is scouted by producer Soichiro.

Markimdb: 6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:09

A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genremelodrama, drama, history
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:59

In 1998, an auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor causes great excitement. For one woman, Wally Winthrop, it has much more meaning. Wally becomes obsessed by their historic love story. As she learns more about the sacrifices involved, Wally gains her own courage to find happiness.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:58

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genremelodrama, drama, history
CountryIndia
Duration02:42

The movie begins as an old English woman Amy Wilkinson (Carole Trungmar) almost at her death bed in London, wants to come down to Chennai in search of a young man Parithi (Arya) whom she last saw on 15 August, 1947 to return Thali necklace (sacred thread tied around the neck of the bride by her groom) of his mother, which he gives as a sign of stating that she belongs to India and nobody can separate them. She wants to return that back to him, as she gets married to other man in her home town and it no more belongs to her.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
CountryIndia
Duration02:07

Devdas is sent away by his father so he can improve himself but upon his return his father still doesn’t welcome him back. Devdas and Paro are in love but Paro is a lower caste and is set to be married to an older widower. Devdas is devastated & leaves home. He becomes an alcoholic womanizer and falls in love with a courtesan. Paro tries to get Devdas away from drinking before he self destructs.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryItaly, France, Luxembourg
Duration01:45

A mysterious writer is involved in a love affair with his stepson's wife, leading to a web of intrigue and desire.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryMexico, France, Netherlands, Germany
Duration02:22

Johan and his family are Mennonites from the north of Mexico. Against the law of God and Man, Johan falls in love with another woman.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:22

A woman and three men. Nina, who's come to Paris to act and sleeps with any man at hand, meets Paulot, a young estate agent; he's smitten. She also meets Paulot's flatmate Quentin, a compulsive who stalks her. To Paulot's jealous dismay, she's willing to sleep with Quentin, and wants Paulot's friendship. After a desperate act by Quentin, Nina and Paulot share a flat, but she still won't take him as a lover; instead, her energy goes into a production of "Romeo and Juliet" directed by a detached, intense man who becomes her father figure. Quentin's ghost taunts her, Paulot wants to end all contact, and the director plans to return to London. The art of the theater may be her only refuge.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, melodrama, military, history
CountryIndia
Duration03:45

Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryThailand

Steamy Thai nights provide the backdrop for unbridled romance, crime and action as two men unexpectedly brave forbidden love. Maek, a cold assassin-for-hire, is sent to knock off Iht, a police informant, when in a twist of fate the killer is shot for refusing to pull the trigger. After making their escape, an indelible bond is forged when the vulnerable assassin is nursed back to health by handsome, married Iht. But as taboo feelings of desire swell between the swarthy new lovers, their relationship is discovered. Now there's no turning back as enemies, friends and lovers are pitted against each other.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryDenmark

Robert Hansen, 34, a young police officer from Copenhagen, is transferred against his will to the small town of Skarrild in Southern Jutland as a substitute Marshall. The transfer is Robert’s chance to start over. Whether he is allowed to return to his job in Copenhagen, all depends on how well he performs in this frontier town.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrethriller, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Young-jak who is a private secretary of madam BAEK, the center power of Korean conglomerate, deals with immoral private issues of her wealthy family. As his desire for money and power grows, he endures whatever he’s ordered to do and letting people around him get hurt is not a concern for him. Meanwhile, Young-jak reports to madam BAEK that madam BAEK’s husband, Mr. YOON is having an affair with a Filipino nanny, Eva. Madam BAEK is now despaired, then greedily seducing Young-jak for her sexual desire. On the other hand, he begins to feel conflicted by madam BAEK’s daughter, the only family member who approaches him with the true heart. Lost between his morality and shortcut to successful life, he has to make the biggest decision he’s ever made to choose whom he will hang on to, in order to survive in this harsh world.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrecomedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:34

Captain Vinka Kovelenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superority of communism. Naturaly, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryCanada

When Tyler Davidson brings his college buddy Chase home for the summer holidays a secret is revealed that threatens to tear his perfect family apart.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryArgentina

El Tenso does not know how to face his ill-tempered wife, Tana, to tell her that he wants to separate. Carlos, a friend of Tenso, suggests him to invert the situation and cause Tana to leave him by hiring Cuervo Flores, an irresistible seducer, to try and charm his wife until she falls in love with him.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, melodrama, drama
CountrySpain
Duration02:03

Story of two young people who belong to different worlds. It is the chronicle of a love improbable, almost impossible but inevitable dragging in a frantic journey they discover the first great love. Babi (Maria Valverde) is a girl from upper-middle class that is educated in goodness and innocence . Hache (Mario Casas) is a rebellious boy, impulsive, unconscious, has a appetite for risk and danger embodied in endless fights and illegal motorbike races, the limit of common sense

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:59

Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryNorway, United Kingdom, France, Republic of Ireland

Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountryCroatia, Serbia, Slovenia
Duration01:23

Three different love stories, set in three consecutive decades, in two neighbouring Balkan villages burdened with a long history of inter-ethnic hatred: this is a film about the dangers – and the enduring strength – of forbidden love.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryThailand, France
Duration01:45

The story of a love affair that begins during a picnic on the Thai-Burmese border.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:46

    Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration01:45

    In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:03

    Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:45

    On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, his fantasy becomes focused on wanting to caress Claire's knee.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain
    Duration01:52

    About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:48

    After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessional.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:07

    In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea—and race is a factor in the trial. So is reporter, Ishmael.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:31

    A twisted honeymoon adventure about a young couple on their way to Niagara Falls.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryGermany, Austria, Canada, Hungary, France, United Kingdom, USA

    The story of a Jewish family living in Hungary—through three generations—rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up in the Holocaust. Finally, the grandson, after surviving war, revolution, loss and betrayal, realizes that his ultimate allegiance must be to himself and his heritage.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    Lora Meredith, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway, has a chance encounter with Annie Johnson, a black single mother. Annie becomes the caretaker of Lora's daughter, Susie, while Lora pursues her stage career. Both women deal with the difficulties of motherhood: Lora's thirst for fame threatens her relationship with Susie, while Annie's light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane, struggles with her African-American identity.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California, docks. Hang Sing and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead … or worse!

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, melodrama, adventure, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russians… if they don’t kill him first.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:45

    Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

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    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:28

    The 17-year-old Savva is getting ready to enrol at university. His parents go on vacation, conferring the responsibility for preparing the entrance exams onto the son. Savva finds a foreign literature teacher on the Internet site “Your Tutor”.

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