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Movies that feel likeMohabbatein (2000)

At a prestigious all-male university, three friends seek love outside of the school grounds; at the same time, a newly-hired music teacher seeks to befriend and loosen up the militantly strict headmaster.

If you loved Mohabbatein, the closest films we have are A Short Film About Love (1988), Breaking the Waves (1996) and Veer-Zaara (2004). All three share Mohabbatein'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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A Short Film About Love
1988 · dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
🍅 95%★ 8.1drama · romance

Common ground: hopeful

19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...

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Breaking the Waves
1996 · dir. Lars von Trier
🍅 84%★ 7.8drama · romance

One thread runs through both: tradition

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

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Veer-Zaara
2004 · dir. Yash Chopra
🍅 94%★ 7.8drama · romanceNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: musical

The difference: Easier on the hope than Mohabbatein

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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Dil Chahta Hai
2001 · dir. Farhan Akhtar
🍅 100%★ 8.1drama · romanceNetflix

Both land stillness and romance at once

Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.

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In America
2003 · dir. Jim Sheridan
🍅 90%★ 7.7drama

Hopeful drama, and it commits to that

A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

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

Tender romance in both cases

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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Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
2010 · dir. Wagner de Assis
★ 6.5drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The selfish Dr. André Luiz dies and awakes in the limbo called "Umbral". After a painful period in the gruesome swamp, he is rescued and brought in a white light to "Nosso Lar" (meaning "Our Home"). He finds a place of harmony, where people live in peace awaiting

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

Romance built on romance, twice over

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

Both lean on tenderness more than on drama

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

Romance built on stillness, 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 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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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2008 · dir. Aditya Chopra
🍅 78%★ 7.2comedy · drama · romanceNetflix

Aditya Chopra working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to comedy than Mohabbatein does

A boring, reserved husband secretly becomes a lively, confident stranger to woo his own unaware wife only to make her fall head over heels for his dashing alter ego.

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Swades
2004 · dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
🍅 90%★ 8.2dramaNetflix

The shared currency is hope

A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

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