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Movies that feel likeFifty Shades Darker (2017)

When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy figures from Christian’s past start to circle the couple, determined to destroy their hopes for a future together.

If you loved Fifty Shades Darker, the closest films we have are The Souvenir (2019), The Longest Ride (2015) and Carol (2015). All three share Fifty Shades Darker'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 Asako I & II (2018).

🍅 11% Rotten Tomatoes★ 4.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. James Foleycontemplativeromantictender
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) · Fifty Shades Freed (2018)

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

One thread runs through both: toxic relationship

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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

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The Longest Ride
2015 · dir. George Tillman Jr.
🍅 31%★ 7drama · romance

Star-crossed lovers navigating old wounds on the way to real intimacy

The difference: A dual-timeline Nicholas Sparks romance, sweeter and much less explicit

The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.

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Carol
2015 · dir. Todd Haynes
🍅 94%★ 7.3romance · dramaPrime Video

A quietly intense attraction forming despite the risk it puts everything at

The difference: A restrained, award-caliber period romance, far subtler than Fifty Shades

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

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Water for Elephants
2011 · dir. Francis Lawrence
🍅 60%★ 6.9drama · romance

Both land stillness and romance at once

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

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One Day
2011 · dir. Lone Scherfig
🍅 36%★ 7drama · romance

Tender drama, and it commits to that

After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.

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

Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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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After We Collided
2020 · dir. Roger Kumble
🍅 13%★ 5.1drama · romanceNetflixPrime Video

A brooding love interest and a complicated relationship pushed to its limits

The difference: A YA-leaning campus romance, less overtly erotic than Fifty Shades

Tessa finds herself struggling with her complicated relationship with Hardin; she faces a dilemma that could change their lives forever.

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The Next 365 Days
2022 · dir. Barbara Białowąs
★ 2.9romance · dramaNetflix

Trust issues threatening a couple's high-intensity, power-imbalanced romance

The difference: A soapier erotic-thriller sequel with weaker reviews and thinner plotting

Laura and Massimo's relationship hangs in the balance as they try to overcome trust issues while a tenacious Nacho works to push them apart.

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

Former sweethearts pulled back together by feelings that never fully faded

The difference: A nostalgic reunion drama, gentler and far less explicit than Fifty Shades

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

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Gabriel's Inferno
2020 · dir. Tosca Musk
★ 5.8romance · dramaRent or buy

Both lean on romance more than on drama

An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible--forgiveness and love.

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Love
2015 · dir. Gaspar Noé
🍅 42%★ 6.1drama · romance

Tender romance in both cases

Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.

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Eat Pray Love
2010 · dir. Ryan Murphy
🍅 34%★ 5.9drama · romanceNetflix

A woman's search for real intimacy after realizing what she settled for

The difference: A self-discovery travel memoir, without Fifty Shades' central romantic obsession

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

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