
Movies that feel likeBreaking the Waves (1996)
If you loved Breaking the Waves, the closest films we have are Mohabbatein (2000), A Short Film About Love (1988) and Beauty and the Beast (1946). All three share Breaking the Waves' contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Veer-Zaara (2004).
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If Breaking the Waves hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: tradition

Both land stillness and romance at once

Both are built on the same subject: underdog
The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Breaking the Waves does

Tender where it counts, hopeful underneath

Contemplative drama in both cases
The difference: Takes it somewhere less hopeful than Breaking the Waves does


Both keep coming back to the same thing: underdog
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Romance built on romance, twice over


Tender romance, and it commits to that

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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