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Movies that feel likeThe Virgin Suicides (2000)

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

If you loved The Virgin Suicides, the closest films we have are All the Bright Places (2020), A Walk to Remember (2002) and Devdas (2002). All three share The Virgin Suicides' contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Y Tu Mamá También (2001).

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All the Bright Places
2020 · dir. Brett Haley
🍅 67%★ 6.6romance · dramaNetflix

The same two preoccupations: suicide, and growing up

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Two teens facing personal struggles form a powerful bond as they embark on a cathartic journey chronicling the wonders of Indiana.

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A Walk to Remember
2002 · dir. Adam Shankman
🍅 30%★ 7.3drama · romance

One thread runs through both: growing up

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life, as well as a very big secret she must keep from Landon.

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Devdas
2002 · dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
★ 7.6drama · romance

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

The difference: Easier on the melancholy than The Virgin Suicides

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

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Closer
2004 · dir. Mike Nichols
🍅 67%★ 7.1drama · romance

Tender where it counts, melancholy underneath

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

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A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016 · dir. Naoko Yamada
★ 8.2animation · drama · romance

Both are working the same pair: suicide attempt, teen suicide

The difference: Sits closer to animation than The Virgin Suicides does

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

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Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · dir. Abdellatif Kechiche
🍅 88%★ 7.6romance · drama

Drama built on wistfulness, twice over

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.

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Romeo + Juliet
1996 · dir. Baz Luhrmann
🍅 75%★ 6.7drama · romanceMaxHulu

Common ground: suicide

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

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P.S. I Love You
2007 · dir. Richard LaGravenese
★ 7drama · romance

Contemplative romance, and it commits to that

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

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Blue Valentine
2010 · dir. Derek Cianfrance
🍅 87%★ 7.3drama · romancePrime VideoParamount+

Romantic drama in both cases

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

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Y Tu Mamá También
2001 · dir. Alfonso Cuarón
🍅 90%★ 7.7drama · romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on romance

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

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Remember Me
2010 · dir. Allen Coulter
🍅 26%★ 7.1drama · romancePeacock

Drama with a pulse of melancholy, in both cases

Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

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Cinema Paradiso
1988 · dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
🍅 90%★ 8.5drama · romance

Romance built on wistfulness, twice over

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

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