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Movies that feel likeAfter the Wedding (2006)

A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.

If you loved After the Wedding, the closest films we have are Yi Yi (2000), Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) and The Sea Inside (2004). All three share After the Wedding's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Floating Weeds (1959).

🍅 87% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Susanne Biercontemplativeromantic
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Yi Yi
2000 · dir. Edward Yang
★ 8.1drama

Common ground in both: daughter and wedding

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.

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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2013 · dir. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
🍅 75%★ 8.2drama

Both are built on the same subject: family

The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.

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The Sea Inside
2004 · dir. Alejandro Amenábar
🍅 85%★ 7.9drama

Both land stillness and romance at once

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.

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The Quiet Girl
2022 · dir. Colm Bairéad
🍅 97%★ 7.7drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

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Black Narcissus
1947 · dir. Emeric Pressburger
🍅 100%★ 7.7dramaMax

The same preoccupation in both: india

The difference: 59 years apart, and the 1940s show

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.

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When We Were Kings
1996 · dir. Leon Gast
🍅 100%★ 7.9documentaryMax

Both lean on romance more than on drama

The difference: Sits closer to documentary than After the Wedding does

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.

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Floating Weeds
1959 · dir. Yasujirō Ozu
🍅 96%★ 7.9dramaMax

Drama built on stillness, twice over

A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

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East of Eden
1955 · dir. Elia Kazan
🍅 86%★ 7.8drama

Both run romantic where it counts

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

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Veer-Zaara
2004 · dir. Yash Chopra
🍅 94%★ 7.8drama · romanceNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: india

Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.

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Rachel Getting Married
2008 · dir. Jonathan Demme
🍅 85%★ 6.6dramaNetflix

Common ground: wedding

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

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With Every Heartbeat
2011 · dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining
★ 6.8romance · drama

The drama is handled with the same confidence

After they meet at their parent's engagement party, Mia and Frida are intrigued by and attracted to one another, despite Mia's own upcoming engagement to Tim. Mia must decide whether to continue her life with Tim or to follow her heart with Frida.

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Head-On
2004 · dir. Fatih Akin
★ 7.9drama · romance

One thread runs through both: family

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

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