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Movies that feel tender

Gentle films about fragile things. Handled with care. Ranked by how strongly each film carries the mood, then by quality. Every film links to its kindred spirits.

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Your Name.
2016 Β· dir. Makoto Shinkai
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8.4animation Β· romance Β· dramaMax

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

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Her
2013 Β· dir. Spike Jonze
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.9romance Β· science fiction Β· dramaRent or buy

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

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Beauty and the Beast
1991 Β· dir. Gary Trousdale
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8romance Β· family Β· animationDisney+

Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.

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Call Me by Your Name
2017 Β· dir. Luca Guadagnino
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.8romance Β· dramaNetflix

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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Corpse Bride
2005 Β· dir. Mike Johnson
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.4romance Β· fantasy Β· animationMax

In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.

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The Fault in Our Stars
2014 Β· dir. Josh Boone
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.6romance Β· dramaDisney+

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

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Before Midnight
2013 Β· dir. Richard Linklater
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.9romance Β· dramaRent or buy

It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.

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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993 Β· dir. Lasse HallstrΓΆm
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.7romance Β· drama

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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Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 Β· dir. Abdellatif Kechiche
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.6romance Β· drama

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

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

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Roman Holiday
1953 Β· dir. William Wyler
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8romance Β· comedy Β· drama

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

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Sing Street
2016 Β· dir. John Carney
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.9romance Β· drama Β· musicMaxStarz

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

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Shakespeare in Love
1998 Β· dir. John Madden
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1romance Β· history Β· comedyParamount+

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love β€” and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

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Cinderella
2015 Β· dir. Kenneth Branagh
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.9romance Β· fantasy Β· familyDisney+

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

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Cinderella Man
2005 Β· dir. Ron Howard
πŸ… 80%β˜… 8romance Β· drama Β· history

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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Cold War
2018 Β· dir. PaweΕ‚ Pawlikowski
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5romance Β· music Β· dramaPrime Video

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

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Punch-Drunk Love
2002 Β· dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.3romance Β· drama Β· comedy

A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.

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Say Anything...
1989 Β· dir. Cameron Crowe
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.3romance Β· comedy Β· drama

Average student and eternal optimist Lloyd Dobler seeks to capture the heart of Diane Court, a beautiful but unattainable valedictorian classmate. He surprises just about everyone - including himself - when she returns the sentiment. However, Diane's divorced, over-protective father soon begins to disapprove of the match, and Lloyd realises that it's going to take more than just the power of love to conquer all.

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Don Jon
2013 Β· dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.5romance Β· comedy Β· dramaNetflixPrime Video

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.

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Casablanca
1943 Β· dir. Michael Curtiz
πŸ… 99%β˜… 8.5drama Β· romanceMax

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

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God's Own Country
2017 Β· dir. Francis Lee
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.6romance Β· drama

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

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Titanic
1997 Β· dir. James Cameron
πŸ… 88%β˜… 8drama Β· romanceParamount+Starz

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancΓ©. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its deathβ€”on its first and last voyageβ€”on April 15, 1912.

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Slumdog Millionaire
2008 Β· dir. Danny Boyle
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8drama Β· romance

A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".

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5 Centimeters per Second
2007 Β· dir. Makoto Shinkai
β˜… 7.4animation Β· romance Β· dramaMax

Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.

The look across the room, the almost, the finally. Love stories done right.

tender + contemplative

all contemplative movies β†’

Quiet, patient, unhurried. Room left to think.

Light on their feet and having fun with the form. Pure pleasure to watch.

Sharp scripts, faster comebacks. Dialogue you'll quote for weeks.

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