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Movies that feel likeMy Dearest Assassin (2026)

Hunted for her rare blood type, a caged woman vows to fight alongside the assassin she loves to protect their future when an old enemy resurfaces.

If you loved My Dearest Assassin, the closest films we have are Asako I & II (2018), I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (2011) and Right Now, Wrong Then (2015). All three share My Dearest Assassin'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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Asako I & II
2018 · dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
🍅 77%★ 7.1drama · romance

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

The difference: Trades the momentum of My Dearest Assassin for an angle of its own

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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I Don't Want to Go Back Alone
2011 · dir. Daniel Ribeiro
★ 8.2drama · romance

Drama built on tenderness, twice over

The arrival of a new student in school changes Leonardo's life. This 15 year-old blind teenager has to deal with the jealousy of his friend Giovana while figuring out the new feelings he's having towards his new friend, Gabriel.

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

Contemplative romance in both cases

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

Both lean on romance more than on action

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

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

Tender drama, and it commits to that

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

Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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

Romantic action, and it commits to that

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 2000s show

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

Another one that scratches it

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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With Every Heartbeat
2011 · dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining
★ 6.8romance · drama

Romance approached the same way

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

Cut from the same drama cloth

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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Certified Copy
2010 · dir. Abbas Kiarostami
🍅 89%★ 7.2drama · romanceRent or buy

Both are romance through and through

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.

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Weekend
2011 · dir. Andrew Haigh
🍅 95%★ 7.6drama · romanceRent or buy

Drama in the same key

After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.

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