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Movies that feel likeThe Way He Looks (2014)

Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans.

If you loved The Way He Looks, the closest films we have are I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (2011), 20th Century Girl (2022) and Y Tu Mamá También (2001). All three share The Way He Looks' contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is House of Hummingbird (2019).

🍅 93% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Daniel Ribeirocontemplativeromantictenderwarmwistful
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I Don't Want to Go Back Alone
2011 · dir. Daniel Ribeiro
★ 8.2drama · romance

Daniel Ribeiro working the same nerve twice

The difference: Easier on the warmth than The Way He Looks

The arrival of a new student in school changes Leonardo's life. This 15 year-old blind teenager has to deal with the jealousy of his friend Giovana while figuring out the new feelings he's having towards his new friend, Gabriel.

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20th Century Girl
2022 · dir. Bang Woo-ri
🍅 86%★ 7.4romance · dramaNetflix

Both are working the same pair: friendship, growing up

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: friendship

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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Past Lives
2023 · dir. Celine Song
🍅 95%★ 7.8drama · romanceRent or buy

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

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Flavors of Youth
2018 · dir. Joshua
🍅 83%★ 6.6animation · romance · dramaNetflix

One thread runs through both: growing up

The difference: Leans harder into animation than The Way He Looks does

The rigorous city life of China, while bustling and unforgiving, contains the everlasting memories of days past. Three stories told in three different cities, follow the loss of youth and the daunting realization of adulthood. Though reality may seem ever changing, unchangeable are the short-lived moments of one's childhood days. A plentiful bowl of noodles, the beauty of family and the trials of first love endure the inevitable flow of time, as three different characters explore the strength of bonds and the warmth of cherished memories. Within the disorder of the present world, witness these quaint stories recognize the comfort of the past, and attempt to revive the neglected flavors of youth.

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

Tender where it counts, wistful underneath

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

Common ground: lgbt

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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House of Hummingbird
2019 · dir. Kim Bora
🍅 98%★ 7.4dramaPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: lgbt teen

14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, and exploring young love.

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I Want You
2012 · dir. Fernando González Molina
★ 6.7drama · romance

Warm drama, and it commits to that

After two years away, Hache returns to Barcelona seeking a fresh start. Falling for Gin while facing unresolved feelings for Babi, he must confront love, loss, and who he's becoming.

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Little Women
2019 · dir. Greta Gerwig
🍅 95%★ 7.7drama · romanceHulu

Both lean on stillness more than on romance

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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Weekend
2011 · dir. Andrew Haigh
🍅 95%★ 7.6drama · romanceRent or buy

Both are built on the same subject: gay theme

After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.

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Call Me by Your Name
2017 · dir. Luca Guadagnino
🍅 95%★ 7.8romance · dramaNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: lgbt

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

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