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The melodrama “The Age of Adaline” shows the viewer the life story of an unusual girl – Adaline Bowman. Although it is difficult to call her a girl, she is over 100 years old. At the beginning of the 10th century, after a terrible accident, Adalin managed to survive clinical death and cardiac arrest, after which her body stopped aging. The constant appearance attracts attention, so she is forced to move every XNUMX years with her already elderly daughter and forge documents.
One day she meets a young man – Ellis, whom she falls in love with. When meeting with the parents, it turns out that Ellis’s father is Adalyn’s former lover, and now the woman needs to decide whether to tell the truth or run away again.
If this melodrama seemed interesting to you, then we recommend that you watch the following 10 films with a similar plot to The Age of Adaline.
10 Man from Earth | 2007
The film “The Man from Earth” reveals the philosophical theme of human immortality. We are talking about Professor John Oldman – he lives on the planet for about 14 thousand years, and at the same time does not change at all in appearance.
Usually he quietly leaves his place of residence every 10 years, but this time it was decided to see him off by friends – university staff. John revealed to them the secret of his birth, he is a “caveman”. Science workers did not immediately believe the professor, they tried to catch him in a lie and even clashed on a religious topic. In the end, the professor nevertheless leaves, taking with him a university employee who is in love with him. It’s a quiet film with long conversations by the fire to soft music, but it’s not boring or drawn out.
9. Bicentennial Man | 1999
The film “Bicentennial Man” tells the viewer about the robot Andrew. At the beginning of the 3rd millennium, instead of pets, people take robots to help with household chores. Andrew was no exception. He was taken in by the Martin family as servants.
After some time, Andrew wakes up with a desire to explore the world, he begins to experience feelings and becomes more and more like a person. He changes his face to rubber to express emotions with facial expressions. On his journey, he searches for robots that can also experience feelings, but ends up falling in love with his first owner’s granddaughter. Now he has a choice – to make himself mortal and be recognized as a man, or to remain a robot and live forever.
8. Diary of memory | 2004
The Notebook is a romantic and painful love story between Noah, a poor man from the village, and Ellie, the daughter of aristocrats. A man reads this story to a woman in a nursing home. Teenagers fell in love with each other, passion and love burned between them. But Ellie’s parents were categorically against Noah, they took her with them to the city, her mother hid letters from her lover.
7 years later, after the war, Ellie is preparing for the wedding with a young aristocrat, and Noah lives alone in the mansion that they dreamed of with Ellie, the young man restored the house almost from scratch. A chance photo in the newspaper brings them together again, forcing Ellie to choose between a decent groom and first love. An elderly woman with Alzheimer’s listening to a story does not realize that Ellie is her, but Noah reads their story to her…
7. Communication | 2012
“Communication” is a mystical picture about a strange night of a friendly company. Mike and Lee invited six friends to dinner. Emily notices the first strange thing – suddenly her cell phone glass breaks. The same situation occurs with Hugh. Already during dinner, there are problems with communication – mobile, landline and the Internet. Finally, the electricity goes out completely.
Emily remembered that a comet would fly over the Earth that night, and probably the difficulties with communication arise because of it. Friends notice that only one house on the street has a light on. Hugh and Amir go there to call their relatives, but they see 8 people in the house – doppelgangers of members of their company. The comet has created several parallel universes, and there are many such twin companies, but after the comet’s flight, only one will remain.
6. Jacket | 2004
The film “The Jacket” – Jack Starks during the war received a head wound. Now there are gaps in his memory, temporary amnesia. He returns home from the hospital, helping a drug addict and her young daughter with a car along the way. Then, in a passing car, Jack hurries home and the car is stopped by a policeman.
Starks woke up in the dock. He was accused of killing a police officer and sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment. There, under drugs and in a straitjacket, the veteran is left in the morgue. He begins to see his future. Jack has a few days left to live, and he is trying to figure out what is happening. The same girl from the road, but already 15 years old, became a guide in the world of ghostly visions.
5. Planet Ka-Pax | 2001
“Planet Ka-Pex” is a psychological drama about an encounter with an alien. Prot appeared out of nowhere, just appeared at the station, without documents. Having fallen into the hands of Dr. Powell, the man calmly and convincingly talks about his arrival from the planet Ka-Pax. The doctor’s doubts are growing, and he is no longer sure if his patient is lying. The group of astronomers whom Prot tells about his planet are also convinced of the veracity of his words.
Mark Powell becomes attached to Prot. Noticing fragments of human memories in his mind, the doctor finds out where they came from. After finding the alleged “prototype” of the alien, Powell asks to take him with him to Ka-Pax. On the date of departure named by Proth, he disappears from the clinic, taking one of the patients.
4. Boyfriend from the future | 2013
“Boyfriend from the Future” is a sweet and touching fantasy for family viewing. Tim Lake is 21 years old. He lives the standard life of a young man. Tim is modest and shy, but like all guys, he dreams of meeting his love. His life turned upside down after the next New Year – his father revealed to the guy the secret that all the men in the family can travel in time.
Mary is a charming girl, Tim at the first meeting falls in love with her and tries to achieve. And if it didn’t work out, you can go back in time and repeat the unsuccessful date, taking into account all the mistakes. The viewer sees Tim growing up, the development of his relationship with Mary, the birth of children and touching conversations with his beloved dad.
3. Eternity | 2014-2015
The series “Eternity” – Henry Morgan works as a medical examiner in New York. He has old-fashioned preferences – the doctor loves classical music, does not use a mobile phone and a car. He has a little secret – Gehry was born in the 1814th century. After his death in 200, he discovered that he was immortal, and for more than XNUMX years he has been trying to find out the reason for this.
Morgan uncovers strange murders taking place in the city. Adam, another immortal, brutal killer, confronts Henry and tries to see if it’s realistic to kill him. During the series, the viewer sees flashbacks from Morgan’s past, which help to understand what is happening in the doctor’s life.
2. Time Traveler’s Wife | 2008
The Time Traveler’s Wife is a fantasy film about the life of Henry Detemble. He suffers from uncontrolled movement through the past and future of his life. When Henry was 5 years old, he made the first time jump, avoiding death in a crash. Often he travels to the past or future due to stress, getting into familiar places. During the next trip, he meets his future wife Claire.
After the wedding, the young wife had several miscarriages, as the fetus can also move in time. In the end, Claire successfully gives birth to a girl who can control her leaps to the future or the past. Henry knows when and how he will die, which happens during the next time travel.
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | 2008
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is the story of the amazing life of an unusual man. Benjamin Button was born a very old man – arthritis, atrophied legs, wrinkles. Terrified, his parents toss the frightening baby into a nursing home. Nurse Quinn becomes his adoptive mother, bestowing love and affection on the baby. Button is growing, and at the same time getting younger.
After leaving the orphanage, Benjamin is in for amazing adventures, because the events take place during the First World War. As a teenager, Button looks like an older man, gradually becoming younger. As a result, he falls in love with the granddaughter of a woman from a nursing home, and both understand that they will soon have to part because of the inexorable run of time, because Benjamin becomes a child in appearance.
All these films and The Age of Adaline have one thing in common – they are filmed as science fiction, but they reveal deep philosophical and personal themes, so the viewer begins to empathize with the characters and practically believes that the plot of the film could well have happened in reality.