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Movies that feel likeThe Karate Kid Part II (1986)

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.

If you loved The Karate Kid Part II, the closest films we have are Enchanted April (1991), A Knight's Tale (2001) and Three Steps Above Heaven (2010). All three share The Karate Kid Part II'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 The Woman Next Door (1981).

🍅 49% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John G. Avildsenepiccontemplativekineticromantictenderwarm
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Karate Kid (1984) · The Karate Kid (2010)

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Enchanted April
1991 · dir. Mike Newell
🍅 85%★ 7.3romance · drama

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.

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

Epic and kinetic in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the warmth than The Karate Kid Part II

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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Three Steps Above Heaven
2010 · dir. Fernando González Molina
★ 6.8romance · drama

Both land tenderness and warmth at once

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Babi, a sheltered upper-class girl, and Hache, a reckless rebel obsessed with illegal motorcycle races, fall into a forbidden love that pulls them deeper into passion and risk.

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Jules and Jim
1962 · dir. François Truffaut
🍅 94%★ 7.6drama · romanceMax

Contemplative drama in both cases

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

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Silver Skates
2020 · dir. Michael Lockshin
🍅 40%★ 7.1adventure · drama · romanceRent or buy

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

The difference: Sits closer to history than The Karate Kid Part II does

1899, the Christmas-time St.Petersburg. Ice-covered rivers and canals of the capital seethe with festive activities. On the eve of the new century those who should not be destined to meet, come together. They are people from different worlds: Matvey, the son of a lamplighter, whose only treasure is his silver-plated skates; Alice is the daughter of a high-ranking official dreaming of science. Each of them has his own difficult life-story, but having accidentally met they rush forward together in pursuit of their dreams.

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Challengers
2024 · dir. Luca Guadagnino
🍅 88%★ 7drama · romanceParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: sports

Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.

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Rocky V
1990 · dir. John G. Avildsen
🍅 31%★ 5.4drama · actionPrime VideoParamount+

John G. Avildsen directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.

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Arn: The Knight Templar
2007 · dir. Peter Flinth
★ 6.6action · adventure · drama

Action built on momentum, twice over

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

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The Bodyguard
1992 · dir. Mick Jackson
🍅 38%★ 6.4action · drama · romanceParamount+

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

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.

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Australia
2008 · dir. Baz Luhrmann
🍅 53%★ 6.6adventure · romance · drama

Tender family, and it commits to that

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

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Cinderella Man
2005 · dir. Ron Howard
🍅 80%★ 8romance · drama · history

One thread runs through both: sports

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

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

Drama built on stillness, twice over

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

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