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Movies that feel likePadmaavat (2018)

Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her.

If you loved Padmaavat, the closest films we have are Bajirao Mastani (2015), A Heart in Winter (1992) and Phantom Thread (2017). All three share Padmaavat'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… 55% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansalicontemplativeepicromantictenderobsessive
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Bajirao Mastani
2015 Β· dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.3history Β· romance Β· drama

Sanjay Leela Bhansali directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Trades the obsession of Padmaavat for an angle of its own

Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.

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A Heart in Winter
1992 Β· dir. Claude Sautet
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: obsession

The difference: Reviewed even better

Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.

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Phantom Thread
2017 Β· dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.4drama Β· romanceNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: obsession

In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.

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Jodhaa Akbar
2008 Β· dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.5romance Β· history Β· drama

One thread runs through both: period drama

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.

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Devdas
2002 Β· dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
β˜… 7.6drama Β· romance

The same hand behind both of them: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee β€” unable to marry his lover β€” takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.

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A Royal Affair
2012 Β· dir. Nikolaj Arcel
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: queen

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

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Never Look Away
2018 Β· dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance Β· history

Contemplative and epic in the same breath

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.

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Asako I & II
2018 Β· dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Both land romance and tenderness at once

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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Lust, Caution
2007 Β· dir. Ang Lee
πŸ… 73%β˜… 7.5action Β· drama Β· romance

Obsessive drama in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to action than Padmaavat does

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.

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Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 Β· dir. Hong Sang-soo
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.1drama Β· 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 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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Cruel Intentions
1999 Β· dir. Roger Kumble
πŸ… 55%β˜… 6.8drama Β· romanceNetflixHulu

Romantic history, and it commits to that

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.

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

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

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

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