Films like Snow Falling on Cedars
In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmael, a local reporter, the trial strikes a deep emotional chord when he finds his ex-lover is linked to the case. As he investigates the killing, he uncovers some startling clues tha...
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The Shipping News
Film · 2001 · also drama and romanceAn emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
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The Manxman
Film · 1929 · also drama and romanceA fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.
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The Piano
Film · 1993 · also drama and romanceWhen an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited pre-teen daughter Flora to the wilderness of 19th-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills...
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Blind
Film · 2017 · also drama and romanceA novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the negle...
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Madame Bovary
Film · 1949 · also drama and romanceIn 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragi...
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Red
Film · 2008 · also dramaAvery, a reclusive older man, has a best friend in his dog, Red. When three teens kill Red without reason, Avery sets out for justice and redemption, attempting to follow...
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Crime of Passion
Film · 1956 · also dramaKathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to adva...
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In My Country
Film · 2004 · also drama and romanceAn American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
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Sylvie's Love
Film · 2020 · also drama and romanceWhen a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geogra...
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Where the Truth Lies
Film · 2005 · also dramaAn ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
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