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Movies that feel likeThe Bodyguard (1992)

A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.

If you loved The Bodyguard, the closest films we have are What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), The Age of Innocence (1993) and The Remains of the Day (1993). All three share The Bodyguard'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).

🍅 38% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Mick Jacksonkineticcontemplativeromantictender
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 90%★ 7.7romance · drama

One thread runs through both: brothers and sisters

The difference: Reviewed even better

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.

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The Age of Innocence
1993 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 88%★ 7.2drama · romancePrime Video

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

The difference: Easier on the momentum than The Bodyguard

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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The Remains of the Day
1993 · dir. James Ivory
🍅 96%★ 7.8drama · romancePrime Video

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

In interwar Britain, a rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a new housekeeper. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

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The Bridges of Madison County
1995 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 90%★ 7.6drama · romance

Contemplative romance in both cases

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

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Sense and Sensibility
1995 · dir. Ang Lee
🍅 97%★ 7.7drama · romance

Action built on romance, twice over

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

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Happy Together
1997 · dir. Wong Kar-Wai
🍅 85%★ 7.6drama · romanceMax

Both lean on tenderness more than on drama

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.

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Burlesque
2010 · dir. Steve Antin
🍅 37%★ 6.4drama · romanceHulu

Contemplative romance, and it commits to that

Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once-majestic theater that houses an inspired musical revue. Vowing to perform there, she makes the leap from bar to stage, helping restore the club's former glory.

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The Dreamers
2003 · dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
🍅 59%★ 7.1drama · romance

Both lean on romance more than on action

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 Woman Next Door
1981 · dir. François Truffaut
🍅 85%★ 7.2drama · romance

Tender drama, and it commits to that

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.

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A Knight's Tale
2001 · dir. Brian Helgeland
🍅 60%★ 7adventure · drama · romanceParamount+

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than The Bodyguard does

William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.

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In the Mood for Love
2000 · dir. Wong Kar-Wai
🍅 92%★ 8drama · romanceMax

Both play romance straight

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

Drama approached the same way

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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