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Movies that feel like A Royal Affair (2012)

If you loved A Royal Affair, the closest films we have are Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Never Look Away (2018). All three share A Royal Affair's contemplative and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Nikolaj Arcelcontemplativeepicromantictender

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Jodhaa Akbar
2008 Β· dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.5romance Β· history Β· drama

Both land stillness and scale at once

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.

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Bajirao Mastani
2015 Β· dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.3history Β· romance Β· drama

Romantic and tender in the same breath

Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.

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Never Look Away
2018 Β· dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance Β· history

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.

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Brooklyn
2015 Β· dir. John Crowley
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: love triangle

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

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Free Fall
2013 Β· dir. Stephan Lacant
β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: infidelity

The difference: Missing the scale of A Royal Affair

A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness – and what it means to fall in love with another man.

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Sidewalls
2011 Β· dir. Gustavo Taretto
πŸ… 70%β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

Both lean on romance more than on romance

Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?

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The Wind Rises
2013 Β· dir. Hayao Miyazaki
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.8animation Β· drama Β· history

Epic history in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into animation than A Royal Affair does

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

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Weekend
2011 Β· dir. Andrew Haigh
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romance

Drama built on tenderness, twice over

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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The Lunchbox
2013 Β· dir. Ritesh Batra
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

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Certified Copy
2010 Β· dir. Abbas Kiarostami
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2drama Β· romance

Romantic history in both cases

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.

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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
2012 Β· dir. Yash Chopra
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.7drama Β· romance

Tender drama in both cases

Samar Anand, a London-based struggling musician falls in love with Meera Thappar. After a severe accident, a panicked Meera promises God to leave Samar if he lives. Heartbroken, Samar leaves for India to become a fearless bomb disposal expert in the army.

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With Every Heartbeat
2011 Β· dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining
β˜… 6.8romance Β· drama

Romance of the same temperament

After they meet at their parent's engagement party, Mia and Frida are intrigued by and attracted to one another, despite Mia's own upcoming engagement to Tim. Mia must decide whether to continue her life with Tim or to follow her heart with Frida.

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