
Movies that feel like 2046 (2004)
If you loved 2046, the closest films we have are Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000) and Devdas (2002). All three share 2046's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
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If 2046 hit the spot, these will too

Wong Kar-Wai working the same nerve twice
The difference: Missing the ideas of 2046

Wong Kar-Wai directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

Both keep coming back to the same thing: lovesickness
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both lean on tenderness more than on drama
The difference: Sits closer to crime than 2046 does

Contemplative romance in both cases

Science fiction built on wistfulness, twice over

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

Romance with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

Both are built on the same subject: android

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: love of one's life
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