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Movies that feel likeCafé Society (2016)

The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

If you loved Café Society, the closest films we have are Manhattan (1979), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). All three share Café Society'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 Let the Sunshine In (2017).

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Manhattan
1979 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 93%★ 7.8comedy · drama · romance

The same hand behind both of them: Woody Allen

The difference: 37 years apart, and the 1970s show

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 80%★ 7.1drama · romance

Woody Allen working the same nerve twice

The difference: Trades the wit of Café Society for an angle of its own

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

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Bridget Jones's Baby
2016 · dir. Sharon Maguire
🍅 78%★ 6.4drama · comedy · romanceParamount+Starz

The same two preoccupations: baby, and love triangle

After breaking up, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. Then her love life takes a turn when she meets Jack. A week later, she runs into Mark before she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch - she's not sure of the identity of her baby's father - Mark or Jack.

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Annie Hall
1977 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 97%★ 7.9comedy · drama · romance

The same preoccupation in both: love

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

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Let the Sunshine In
2017 · dir. Claire Denis
🍅 87%★ 6comedy · drama · romance

Common ground: love

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.

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Anora
2024 · dir. Sean Baker
🍅 93%★ 7.4drama · comedy · romanceHulu

Two things both keep coming back to: new year's eve and marriage

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

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Letters to Juliet
2010 · dir. Gary Winick
🍅 42%★ 6.5comedy · drama · romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: letter

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

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Love & Other Drugs
2010 · dir. Edward Zwick
🍅 49%★ 6.7drama · comedy · romance

Both are built on the same subject: letter

Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serves him well with the ladies and the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.

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A Rainy Day in New York
2019 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 46%★ 6.4comedy · romancePrime Video

The same mix in both: wit, then play

Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

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Match Point
2005 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 77%★ 7.6drama · romance · thrillerPrime VideoParamount+

One thread runs through both: love triangle

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Café Society does

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.

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Last Christmas
2019 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 46%★ 6.5comedy · drama · romanceHulu

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.

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Paterson
2016 · dir. Jim Jarmusch
🍅 96%★ 7.3drama · comedy · romancePrime Video

Tender comedy in both cases

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.

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