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Movies that feel likeBeyond the Universe (2022)

While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.

If you loved Beyond the Universe, the closest films we have are Walk the Line (2005), Once (2007) and Cold War (2018). All three share Beyond the Universe's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Lilting (2014).

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Walk the Line
2005 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 83%★ 7.8drama · music · romanceMax

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

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Once
2007 · dir. John Carney
🍅 97%★ 7.8drama · music · romance

Common ground: pianist

The difference: Easier on the melancholy than Beyond the Universe

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

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Cold War
2018 · dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
🍅 92%★ 7.5romance · music · dramaPrime Video

Contemplative where it counts, stylish underneath

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

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Leto
2018 · dir. Kirill Serebrennikov
🍅 78%★ 7.3music · drama

Romantic drama in both cases

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoi. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.

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Tender Mercies
1983 · dir. Bruce Beresford
🍅 83%★ 7.3drama · music · romancePrime Video

Romance built on tenderness, twice over

The difference: 39 years apart, and the 1980s show

Alcoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.

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Moulin Rouge!
2001 · dir. Baz Luhrmann
🍅 75%★ 7.5drama · romance · music

Melancholy music, and it commits to that

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.

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A Beautiful Life
2023 · dir. Mehdi Avaz
🍅 33%★ 6.4drama · music · romanceNetflix

Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

When a young fisherman with a hidden talent gets discovered by a music producer, he must decide if he's ready to open himself up to stardom — and love.

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Burning Betrayal
2023 · dir. Diego Freitas
★ 4.2drama · mystery · romanceNetflix

Both are Diego Freitas's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into mystery than Beyond the Universe does

Babi discovers a betrayal by her long-term partner and decides to embark on a new adventure in life. On this journey, she meets judge Marco and they begin to live a story permeated by a lot of sexual tension.

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Lilting
2014 · dir. Hong Khaou
🍅 82%★ 7.2drama

Both are built on the same subject: grief

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

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Your Fault
2024 · dir. Domingo González
🍅 20%★ 5.3drama · romancePrime Video

Both lean on melancholy more than on drama

The love between Noah and Nick seems unwavering despite their parents' attempts to separate them. But his job and her entry into college open up their lives to new relationships that will shake the foundations of both their relationship and the Leister family itself.

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The Souvenir
2019 · dir. Joanna Hogg
🍅 90%★ 6.4drama · romanceRent or buy

Music built on romance, twice over

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

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Midnight Sun
2018 · dir. Scott Speer
🍅 21%★ 6.6romance · dramaPrime VideoHulu

Tender romance, and it commits to that

Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.

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