20 best movies like Christmas Tango (2011)

List of the best movies like Christmas Tango (2011): Goodbye First Love, August, Eternal Summer, Picture a Perfect Christmas, Love at the Christmas Table, The Glass Castle, BPM (Beats per Minute), The Last Five Years, Permission, A Country Wedding.

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Markimdb: 6.6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryFrance, Germany
Duration01:50

A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genredrama
CountryFinland
Duration01:48

Summer begins, Aku graduates high school and faces a great emptiness. As his girlfriend, parents and friends all leave the city, it looks to be the dullest summer ever. Everything changes at Midsummer when Aku meets Juli, a beautiful, strange and wild girl. Juli asks Aku for a ride to eastern Finland. Aku agrees – without any idea what he's getting himself into.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryTaiwan

Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA

A Los Angeles extreme-sports photographer returns home for the holiday to take care of her grandmother, only to have a neighbor grab her attention as he needs assistance watching his young nephew.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

Family friends Sam and Kat spend every Christmas Eve at the Children's Table. They grow up together, sharing the highs and lows of young adulthood. And at thirty, Sam realizes that Kat is the one...but he's afraid that the past will get in the way.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:27

    A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:54

    Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:00

    A woman on the brink of a marriage proposal is told by a friend that she should date other men before spending the rest of her life with her boyfriend.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A famous country singer set to marry a glamorous Hollywood actress returns to his small town roots. When he crosses paths with his childhood sweetheart and finally feels inspired to write songs again he reevaluates his life, his values and his opinion of true love. As his wedding day approaches, he must decide if he has chosen the right woman to be his wife.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryItaly, France

    A lonely city transplant, and a sheltered girl haunted by a lover’s promise, meet by chance on a canal bridge and begin a tentative romance that quickly entangles them in a web of longing and self-delusion.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Spain
    Duration02:28

    As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration02:23

    An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryGreece, France, Germany
    Duration01:22

    In a monastery set on the top of sandstone pillars young monk Theodoros and nun Urania find themselves physically drawn to one and other after devoting their lives to the strict rituals and practises of the monasteries. Below them the eternal cycle of farm-life provides a strong contrast to their lives and they are forced to choose between human desire and spiritual devotion

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, western, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    Duncan Mayor decides the perfect Christmas present for his terminally ill wife, Suzy, is a ride on a real Ferris wheel, set up in their very own back yard. As a young man, it was the perfect place for a wedding proposal. Now, years later, in order to relive the experience with his wife, Duncan will go to any length to make their fantasy become a reality.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:44

    A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryFrance, Canada, Czech Republic
    Duration01:54

    In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:47

    Mona, a prisoner on work release, meets Clément, a shy actor. Desperate to impress Mona, Clément recruits his extroverted friend, Abel, to help. When Mona becomes more interested in Abel, it sets off a conflict between the two friends. Meanwhile, Mona attempts to keep her past hidden.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, China, Japan
    Duration02:19

    Breaking up with Mark Darcy leaves Bridget Jones over 40 and single again. Feeling that she has everything under control, Jones decides to focus on her career as a top news producer. Suddenly, her love life comes back from the dead when she meets a dashing and handsome American named Jack. Things couldn't be better, until Bridget discovers that she is pregnant. Now, the befuddled mom-to-be must figure out if the proud papa is Mark or Jack.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryIndia

    Julia travels to the Indo-Burma border to perform for the troops during the World War II, on the insistence of Billimoria, her lover. She finds herself in love with Jemadar Malik, a soldier there.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountrySpain, Portugal, France
    Duration01:49

    In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:34

    Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryGermany, France

    Jessica knows exactly what her life is supposed to look like and where it takes her. But then she meets Danny. He has a complicated past and could confuse all their plans. Jessica has to decide.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her L.A. public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend, Clifton—who has always harbored a secret crush on her—he does his best to get in the way.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:46

    A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, drama, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz. The military in general is only just coming to accept psychiatric disorders as legitimate and Newman generally has 6 weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past; Capt. Paul Winston who is nearly catatonic after spending 13 months hiding in a cellar behind enemy lines; and 20 year-old Cpl. Jim Tompkins who is severely traumatized after his aircraft was shot down. Others come and go, including Italian prisoners of war, but Newman and team all realize that their success means the men will return to their units.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, USA

    Maurice, a reticent young homeless man, somehow manages to get by in Brooklyn; he spends his nights in parked cars until he finds himself at Bizarre, an underground club renowned for its burlesque shows. Maurice is fascinated by the club’s playful revues celebrating self-determined sexuality and creative otherness, and the two female club owners both adore him. He soon becomes a part of their self-selected family, and begins to bond with introverted Luka. But Maurice turns his back on Luka’s growing affection. Running away from his true emotions he drifts aimlessly through the city. He tries to find his feet at a boxing club, where he meets Charlie. Unable to withstand the pressure of his repressed feelings, Maurice unleashes a mounting foment of emotions, pervaded by tenderness and menace.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Austria, Germany
    Duration02:07

    Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:33

    Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love – as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

      Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
      CountryUSA

      Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration01:38

      A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's teacher. Separated by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military
      CountryFrance, Canada
      Duration01:46

      In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:01

      A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      Danny, a commercial editor and documentary filmmaker attempts to finish his film, a study on relationship while navigating the relationships in his own life. Will he continue to chase the unattainable Theresa a hippy new age dancer(Caitlin Fitzgerald) or will he finally admit he's in love with his best friend Carla (Katherine Waterston) who is in an unfulfilling relationship with a political strategist(Gaby Hoffman). Manhattan Romance is a funny insightful look at contemporary life in Manhattan. It explores new age ideas and open relationship as well as true friendship and connection.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret. That night, insouciant legionnaire Tom Brown catches her inimitably seductive, tuxedo-clad act. Both bruised by their past lives, the two edge cautiously into a no-strings relationship while being pursued by others. But Tom must leave on a perilous mission: is it too late for them?

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:04

      In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, USA, France
      Duration02:24

      In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:32

      A Farewell to Arms is a 1957 American drama film directed by Charles Vidor. The screenplay by Ben Hecht, based in part on a 1930 play by Laurence Stallings, was the second feature film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It was the last film produced by David O. Selznick.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryGreece, France, Belgium

      Strangers in their own birthplace, a camp 16-year-old, lollipop-sucking Dany and his 18-year-old brother Odysseus cross the entire country (along with pet rabbit Dido ) in search of their Greek father, who they only know as “The Nameless”, after the death of their Albanian mother. They hope to get Greek passports and citizenship but on the journey they encounter racism and prejudice.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
      CountryFrance, Germany
      Duration02:05

      In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      A young woman with Asperger's tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:57

      British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned family retainer, he becomes entangled in the snares of the brutal French Revolution and is himself jailed and condemned to the guillotine. But Sydney Carton, in love with a woman he cannot have, comes up with a daring plan to save her husband.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genremelodrama, drama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the Great War.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, family
      CountryUSA

      Sergeant Cody Cullen is deeply touched by an homemade Christmas card he receives while serving in Afghanistan. Upon his discharge, he treks to the picturesque California town of Nevada City. Cody is soon welcomed into the Spelman home and unexpectedly falls in love with the woman who sent the card, Faith.




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