When you're alone, take the opportunity to watch these 9 exciting movies.
Every woman has her secrets. For some, these are cute and harmless, while for others, it's better that no one ever finds out about them. We have selected for you 9 exciting movies about fatal secrets that will help you see things from a different perspective.
Biographical drama
Frida (Frida, 2002)
Frida is a biographical chronicle of the life of the artist Frida Kahlo, who managed to overcome her constant physical pain and disability due to injuries she suffered in a car accident as a girl. Frida was 20 years old when she married the most famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera. A brilliant film about a brilliant woman, about a rebellious nature, about invincible desires... In it, Frida is shown not only as an inventive artist, but also as a woman who put love and family first.
Drama
Come Back (Volver, 2006)
Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, madness, superstition and even death - all thanks to kindness, lies and boundless energy. In the film, we follow Raimundo with her teenage daughter, married to an unemployed worker, her sister Sole, who is a hairdresser, and their mother, who died in a fire together with her husband.
Romantic drama
The Reader (2008)
The film The Reader, based on Bernhard Schlink's work of the same name, begins in post-war Germany, when teenager Michael Berg falls ill, and Hanna, a significantly older woman, takes care of his recovery. So they begin a passionate but secret romance, which is deepened by her pleasure as he reads to her. One day, Hanna mysteriously disappears, leaving Michael alone with a broken heart. The story then takes us to the trial of war criminals, and the love of listening to someone read becomes Hannah's indictment, as well as her chance to redeem herself. But only Michael knows the facts.
Drama
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
Based on historical facts, the film brings to life the suffering of Jews in occupied Poland during World War II and the extraordinary efforts of social worker Irene Sandler to save Jewish children. By engaging friends and colleagues who are willing to risk their own lives, Irena Sendler manages to transport 2,500 children to safe homes, farms and monasteries. The Gestapo later arrests her and brutally punishes her. Irena Sendler, who was called the "female Schindler", saved thousands of lives and died in Poland at the age of 98.
Romantic comedy drama
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
After a particularly difficult early youth, Pippa, now 50, settled in New York and married Herb Lee, 30 years her senior, and bore him two children. After a series of heart attacks, Herb suggests that they sell their Manhattan apartment and move to a retirement suburb in Connecticut. Pippa is by far the youngest there. She soon meets Chris, the neighbor's son, with whom she begins an unexpected love affair, and at the same time learns that Herb is cheating on her with a younger girl, which triggers a series of unexpected events...
Romantic drama
Carol (Carol, 2015)
The film, which is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt, tells the story of a romance between a married woman and a photographer and saleswoman in a department store. The action is set in New York in 1952 and describes the wonderful love story of two women, where one of them is threatened with losing custody of their daughter for "moral reasons".
A fantasy romance
The Age of Adaline (2015)
In the 1930s, Adaline Bowman suffered an unusual fate. After a car accident, she was trapped in the body of a 29-year-old woman and has been hiding her secret for almost eight decades... until the charismatic Ellis Jones appears in her life.
An erotic psychological thriller
The Maid (Ah-ga-ssi, 2016)
The film The Maid was inspired by the historical crime novel The Pickpocket by Sarah Waters. In the 1930s in Japan-occupied Korea, a young girl Suki gets a job as a maid to the Japanese heiress Hideko, who lives a lonely life on a large estate under the watchful eye of her uncle Kozuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a nanny hired by a con man pretending to be a Japanese count. His plan is for Hideko to marry him, and once he gets his hands on her fortune, he'll send her to an insane asylum. Everything is going according to plan until Suki and Hideko discover unexpected feelings.
Comedy
Love & Friendship (2016)
Love and Friendship is a subtle comedy about marital mediation and broken hearts. Set around 1790, the film follows the calculating and manipulative Lady Susan Vernon as she sets out to find a husband for herself and her daughter Frederica, aided by her friend Alicia Johnson. Two young men, the handsome Reginald DeCourcy and the wealthy Sir James Martin, seriously disturb their plans.
