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Movies that feel likeMatch Point (2005)

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.

If you loved Match Point, the closest films we have are Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Revolutionary Road (2008) and The Age of Innocence (1993). All three share Match Point'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 Veer-Zaara (2004).

πŸ… 77% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Woody Allencontemplativeromantictendertense
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 Β· dir. Woody Allen
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Woody Allen working the same nerve twice

The difference: Trades the tension of Match Point 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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Revolutionary Road
2008 Β· dir. Sam Mendes
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.3drama Β· romance

Both are working the same pair: adultery, infidelity

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

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The Age of Innocence
1993 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2drama Β· romancePrime Video

One thread runs through both: upper class

In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

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Head-On
2004 Β· dir. Fatih Akin
β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

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

Both are built on the same subject: love triangle

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 Handmaiden
2016 Β· dir. Park Chan-wook
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8.1thriller Β· drama Β· romancePrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: lust

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

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In the Mood for Love
2000 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8drama Β· romanceMax

Common ground: adultery

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

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The Bridges of Madison County
1995 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romance

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

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Free Fall
2013 Β· dir. Stephan Lacant
β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: infidelity

A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness – and what it means to fall in love with another man.

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Veer-Zaara
2004 Β· dir. Yash Chopra
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romanceNetflix

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.

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The Reader
2008 Β· dir. Stephen Daldry
πŸ… 63%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romance

Contemplative romance in both cases

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

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One Day
2011 Β· dir. Lone Scherfig
πŸ… 36%β˜… 7drama Β· romance

One thread runs through both: love

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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