Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- wistful
- melancholic
- tender
- romantic evening
- date night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Özgür and Deniz repeatedly cross paths from childhood onward, with each encounter producing consequences for their lives and families.
The opening traffic accident and later intersections are presented as turning points whose effects spread through the characters’ futures.
The protagonists repeatedly become each other’s first love or heartbreak while an unseen barrier prevents them from being together.
The characters’ childhood and youth unfold through Ankara before the mature relationship reaches Istanbul twenty-five years later.
Films like Love Likes Coincidences, and why
The Notebook
shared sweeping romance, missed connections, and emotionally heightened fate-driven storytelling
One Day
shared themes of enduring love, separation, coincidence, and bittersweet romantic melodrama
Serendipity
shared nonlinear-feeling life intersections, romantic longing, and coincidence as a shaping force
Movie Details
- Director
- Ömer Faruk Sorak
- Release Date
- 2011-02-04
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (111)
Cast
- Mehmet Günsür
- Belçim Bilgin
- Altan Erkekli
- Ayda Aksel
- Şebnem Sönmez
- Hüseyin Avni Danyal
- Yiğit Özşener
- Berna Konur
- Ümit Bulent Dincer
- Zafer Demircan
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Love Likes Coincidences about?
- Across twenty-five years of chance encounters in Ankara and Istanbul, two people repeatedly find and lose one another in a tender, fate-haunted romance.
- What is Love Likes Coincidences like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Love Likes Coincidences as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Love Likes Coincidences violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Love Likes Coincidences as mild.
- Which films are like Love Likes Coincidences?
- Films with a similar feel include The Notebook, One Day, and Serendipity.
- How long is Love Likes Coincidences?
- Love Likes Coincidences runs 118 minutes.
- Where can I watch Love Likes Coincidences?
- In United States, Love Likes Coincidences is available to rent or buy from Apple TV Store.
