Tags: movies similar to Reckless (1997) - full list
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 02:24 |
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | Kenya, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France, Norway, Lebanon, United Kingdom |
Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Set in the rolling hills of the English countryside, one week of school remains for Kai, an aspiring writer, and his friends. How they choose to spend this time will cost one of them their life and leave them all changed forever.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:26 |
A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | thriller, melodrama, drama, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, Canada |
Duration | 02:29 |
In Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician – and falls in love with him. Moscow, 1959: Katya (Rebecca Ferguson, Mission Impossible- Rogue Nation, The Girl on the Train, The White Queen), is young, beautiful – and a spy for the Americans. When she and Mischa (Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Emerald City), begin spying on Alexander ( Sam Reid, Anonymous), an idealistic Communist politician, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with him. Her choice between love and duty leads to a nail-biting conclusion that Alexander (Charles Dance, The Imitation Game) can only unravel decades later in 1990s New York. His journey back to the snowbound streets of Moscow uncovers a love triangle and betrayals from those he trusted most.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, France, USA |
Duration | 01:53 |
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 02:00 |
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:40 |
An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | fantastic, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Republic of Ireland |
Duration | 01:28 |
Susan is a scientist searching for answers to important questions. So important that she has given up on other things, like love - until she meets Micheal. Susan and Michael find themselves embarking on a sensual adventure while the world around them seems to be falling apart. A life-affirming look at what it means to love and be loved in turbulent times.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, biography, history |
Country | United Kingdom, Australia, USA |
In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, music |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace’s overworked personal assistant who’s stuck running errands, but still aspires to her childhood dream of becoming a music producer. When Grace’s manager presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her career, Maggie and Grace come up with a plan that could change their lives forever.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:30 |
An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and addiction to all things canned does not help.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | Norway, 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.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, Australia |
Duration | 01:50 |
An English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by women.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | action, melodrama, drama, adventure |
Country | USA, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:45 |
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.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | France, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:39 |
Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, military, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, USA, Luxembourg, China |
Duration | 01:37 |
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | action, thriller, melodrama, drama, military |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 02:39 |
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:27 |
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
Mark | imdb: 4.9 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:27 |
A prison story. Father Jack finds love with a male guard in the prison. Some of the other inmates suspect he's been sentenced for paedophilia.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, biography, history |
Country | United Kingdom, India, Sweden |
Duration | 02:21 |
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Her last date with disaster? That of having accepted to work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:37 |
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
Mark | imdb: 5.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, crime, history |
Country | United Kingdom, Italy |
Duration | 01:38 |
Georges Duroy travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, France |
A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.
Mark | imdb: 5.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, musical |
Country | United Kingdom, USA, Italy |
Duration | 01:33 |
Set to the music of popular hit songs from the 1980s. A beautiful coastal village, present day Italy. After a whirlwind romance, Maddie is preparing to marry gorgeous Italian Raf, and has invited her sister Taylor to the wedding. Unbeknownst to Maddie, however, Raf is Taylor's ex-holiday flame, and the love of her life...
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, biography |
Country | Czech Republic, United Kingdom |
The incredible tale of Mozart's Prague years.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, Canada, Republic of Ireland |
Duration | 02:42 |
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.