20 best movies like Somewhere in Time (1980)

List of the best movies like Somewhere in Time (1980): Nights in Rodanthe, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Moonstruck, Destiny, Meet Joe Black, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Dodsworth, City of Angels, Kings Row, Passion Play.

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Markimdb: 6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Australia
Duration01:37

Two unhappy people's lives become entwined when they have a life changing romance. Adrienne is a woman who's trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not. Her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is traveling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn in a North Carolina beach town where she is staying.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration01:48

As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryGermany

As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all involving circumstances similar to hers.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:58

When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish's daily agenda and falls in love with the man's daughter. Yet when Black's holiday is over, so is Parrish's life.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genremelodrama, drama, western, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:54

When guardian angel Seth -- who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles -- becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA

Five children in an apparently ideal American small town find their lives changing as the years pass near the turn of the century in 1900. Parris and Drake, both of whom have lost their parents, are best friends; Parris dreams of becoming a doctor, studying under the father of his sweetheart Cassie, while Drake plans on becoming a local businessman when he receives his full inheritance - juggling girlfriends in the meantime. As they become adults, the revelations of local secrets threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship sent to take them to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up but the other doesn't. However, a chance meeting brings them together again.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA

The new owner of a supposedly haunted New Orleans plantation manor uncovers a shocking secret that has been hidden for over 100 years.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:54

The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountryRepublic of Ireland, USA
Duration01:51

An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net believing her to be a mermaid.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:07

Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl's betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA
Duration02:02

Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand, USA, India, Australia
Duration02:40

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
Duration01:44

A sleazy politician sends an agent after his ex-fiancee, who fled to Mexico with incriminating film of him.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

A supernatural thriller centered on three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Romania
Duration01:43

While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:44

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySpain, France, United Kingdom, Germany, USA
Duration01:31

Victor Bukowski is an out-of-work actor with problems. He's got a lousy agent, he has a habit of falling out with directors and he's still in love with his ex-girlfriend. However, Victor is about to embark on an unexpected emotional journey which will make him confront his future and his past mistakes.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountryCanada, United Kingdom, USA
Duration02:19

16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the next day will bring.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:02

Pete Sandich is a reckless fire-fighting pilot who is killed in what was to have been his final mission. Ascending to Heaven, Pete is introduced to business-like angel who instructs the spectral Pete to pass on his aviation knowledge to his young successor. While doing so, Pete also smoothes the course of romance for his earthly girlfriend who, after several months of grieving, finally falls in love with another man.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryGermany, India, USA

A struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a connection that transforms them in ways that they could not expect.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

    Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

    Under hypnosis while trying to quit smoking, Daisy Gamble revisits past lives and different personalities.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, military
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:44

    When a young airman miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake, and dispatch an angel to collect him.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryChina, France, USA, Hong Kong
    Duration01:35

    Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems...

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    In 1900, strong-willed widow Lucy Muir goes to live in Gull Cottage by the British seaside, even though it appears to be haunted. On her very first night she meets the ghost of the crusty former owner, Captain Gregg—and refuses to be scared off. They eventually become friends and allies, after Lucy gets used to the idea of a man's ghost haunting her bedroom.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:39

    Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high-school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryIndia, France, Germany, USA, Canada
    Duration01:44

    A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:32

    After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
    Duration01:49

    Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and personal loss, he secretly is unable to overcome the death of his late wife. It's not until Burke meets a fiercely independent florist named Eloise that he is forced to face his past and overcome his demons.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous Ray, and her life takes a magical turn, but eventually she realizes that she must empower herself and make a choice between them.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

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