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Movies that feel likeBurning Betrayal (2023)

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.

If you loved Burning Betrayal, the closest films we have are The Souvenir (2019), Asako I & II (2018) and Right Now, Wrong Then (2015). All three share Burning Betrayal'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 Medicine for Melancholy (2009).

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

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

The difference: Takes it somewhere less twisty than Burning Betrayal does

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

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Asako I & II
2018 · dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
🍅 77%★ 7.1drama · romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on drama

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

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Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 · dir. Hong Sang-soo
🍅 92%★ 7.1drama · romance

Contemplative romance in both cases

By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named Yoon Heejung. Together, they go to Heejung's workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi with Soju for dinner, and get close. Later, they go to another café and have more drinks with Heejung's acquaintances. When asked if he is married, Chunsu is forced to reveal the fact that he is, and Heejung gets deeply disappointed...

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Medicine for Melancholy
2009 · dir. Barry Jenkins
🍅 85%★ 6.6drama · romance

Mystery built on romance, twice over

Waking from a one-night stand that neither remembers, Micah and Joanne find themselves wandering the streets of San Francisco, sharing coffee and conversation and searching for a deeper connection.

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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
2012 · dir. Yash Chopra
🍅 92%★ 6.7drama · romanceNetflix

Tender drama, and it commits to that

Samar Anand, a London-based struggling musician falls in love with Meera Thappar. After a severe accident, a panicked Meera promises God to leave Samar if he lives. Heartbroken, Samar leaves for India to become a fearless bomb disposal expert in the army.

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Forgotten Love
2023 · dir. Michał Gazda
★ 7.5drama · romanceNetflix

Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A once-respected surgeon who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past.

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Paper Towns
2015 · dir. Jake Schreier
🍅 58%★ 6.2mystery · drama · romance

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge, he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues, and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Quentin gets, the less he sees of the girl he thought he knew.

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The Best of Me
2014 · dir. Michael Hoffman
🍅 12%★ 6.7drama · romance

Drama built on romance, twice over

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

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After We Fell
2021 · dir. Castille Landon
🍅 9%★ 4.8drama · romanceNetflix

Both lean on tenderness more than on romance

Just as Tessa's life begins to become unglued, nothing is what she thought it would be. Not her friends nor her family. The only person that she should be able to rely on is Hardin, who is furious when he discovers the massive secret that she's been keeping. Before Tessa makes the biggest decision of her life, everything changes because of revelations about her family.

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Beyond the Universe
2022 · dir. Diego Freitas
★ 6.6romance · drama · musicNetflix

Both are Diego Freitas's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into music than Burning Betrayal does

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

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

Drama in the same key

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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Sidewalls
2011 · dir. Gustavo Taretto
🍅 70%★ 7.5drama · romance

Both are romance through and through

Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?

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