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Movies that feel likeLove (2015)

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.

If you loved Love, the closest films we have are 45 Years (2015), The Longest Ride (2015) and The Dreamers (2003). All three share Love'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 Right Now, Wrong Then (2015).

πŸ… 42% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Gaspar NoΓ©contemplativeromantictender
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If Love hit the spot, these will too

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45 Years
2015 Β· dir. Andrew Haigh
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: pregnancy

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

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The Longest Ride
2015 Β· dir. George Tillman Jr.
πŸ… 31%β˜… 7drama Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

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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The Dreamers
2003 Β· dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
πŸ… 59%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Common ground: sexuality

When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.

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The Souvenir
2019 Β· dir. Joanna Hogg
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.4drama Β· romanceRent or buy

Both land stillness and romance at once

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

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Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 Β· dir. Hong Sang-soo
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Drama built on tenderness, twice over

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 cafΓ© 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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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
2012 Β· dir. Yash Chopra
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.7drama Β· romanceNetflix

Contemplative romance, 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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Eat Pray Love
2010 Β· dir. Ryan Murphy
πŸ… 34%β˜… 5.9drama Β· romanceNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: love

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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The Best of Me
2014 Β· dir. Michael Hoffman
πŸ… 12%β˜… 6.7drama Β· romance

Both lean on romance more than on drama

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 Β· dir. Tosca Musk
β˜… 5.8romance Β· dramaRent or buy

Tender romance in both cases

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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Burlesque
2010 Β· dir. Steve Antin
πŸ… 37%β˜… 6.4drama Β· romanceHulu

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once-majestic theater that houses an inspired musical revue. Vowing to perform there, she makes the leap from bar to stage, helping restore the club's former glory.

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Like Crazy
2011 Β· dir. Drake Doremus
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.6drama Β· romance

Romance built on romance, twice over

A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

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With Every Heartbeat
2011 Β· dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining
β˜… 6.8romance Β· drama

Both sit in the same tender register

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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