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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.

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

πŸ… 87% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Wong Kar-Waicontemplativecerebralromantictenderwistful

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Happy Together
1997 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance

Wong Kar-Wai working the same nerve twice

The difference: Missing the ideas of 2046

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.

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In the Mood for Love
2000 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8drama Β· romance

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

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

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Devdas
2002 Β· dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

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

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My Blueberry Nights
2007 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.6drama Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: lovesickness

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems...

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Days of Being Wild
1990 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.4crime Β· drama Β· romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on drama

The difference: Sits closer to crime than 2046 does

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

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As Tears Go By
1988 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7drama Β· crime Β· romance

Contemplative romance in both cases

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

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

Science fiction built on wistfulness, twice over

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.

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The Virgin Suicides
2000 Β· dir. Sofia Coppola
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.2drama Β· romance

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

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

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A Walk to Remember
2002 Β· dir. Adam Shankman
πŸ… 30%β˜… 7.3drama Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

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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Bicentennial Man
1999 Β· dir. Chris Columbus
πŸ… 38%β˜… 6.9drama Β· romance Β· science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: android

Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.

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Mysterious Skin
2005 Β· dir. Gregg Araki
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.6drama

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

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Veer-Zaara
2004 Β· dir. Yash Chopra
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romance

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

Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.

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