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Movies that feel likeThe Best of Me (2014)

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

If you loved The Best of Me, the closest films we have are Water for Elephants (2011), The Longest Ride (2015) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012). All three share The Best of Me'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).

πŸ… 12% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Michael Hoffmancontemplativeromantictender
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If The Best of Me hit the spot, these will too

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Water for Elephants
2011 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.9drama Β· romance

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

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

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

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

Romantic drama in both cases

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

Both lean on tenderness more than on romance

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

Drama built on stillness, 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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The Lucky One
2012 Β· dir. Scott Hicks
πŸ… 20%β˜… 6.4drama Β· romance

Romance built on romance, twice over

A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.

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

The shared currency is tenderness

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

The same drama instincts

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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Love
2015 Β· dir. Gaspar NoΓ©
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.1drama Β· romance

The romance is handled with the same confidence

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.

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Carol
2015 Β· dir. Todd Haynes
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3romance Β· dramaPrime Video

Both know what they want from drama

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

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Medicine for Melancholy
2009 Β· dir. Barry Jenkins
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.6drama Β· romance

Romance of the same temperament

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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