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Movies that feel like All the Bright Places (2020)

If you loved All the Bright Places, the closest films we have are Close to the Horizon (2019), The Spectacular Now (2013) and The Virgin Suicides (2000). All three share All the Bright Places' romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 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.

Two teens facing personal struggles form a powerful bond as they embark on a cathartic journey chronicling the wonders of Indiana.

πŸ… 67% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Brett Haleyromantictendercontemplativemelancholywistful
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Close to the Horizon
2019 Β· dir. Tim Trachte
β˜… 6.6romance Β· drama

Both are built on the same subject: depression

Jessica knows exactly what her life is supposed to look like and where it takes her. But then she meets Danny. He has a complicated past and could confuse all their plans. Jessica has to decide.

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The Spectacular Now
2013 Β· dir. James Ponsoldt
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both are working the same pair: growing up, based on young adult novel

The difference: Reviewed even better

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: suicide

The difference: None of the melancholy All the Bright Places is built on

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

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

One thread runs through both: love

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

Common ground: growing up

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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Little Women
2019 Β· dir. Greta Gerwig
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romance

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

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

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The Hand of God
2021 Β· dir. Paolo Sorrentino
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.3drama

Contemplative where it counts, melancholy underneath

In 1980s Naples, an awkward teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from a freak accident by football legend Diego Maradona.

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The Garden of Words
2013 Β· dir. Makoto Shinkai
β˜… 7.4animation Β· drama Β· romance

Wistful romance in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to animation than All the Bright Places does

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.

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The Quiet Girl
2022 Β· dir. Colm BairΓ©ad
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7drama

The same preoccupation in both: loss

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

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Love, Simon
2018 Β· dir. Greg Berlanti
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· drama Β· romance

A 2010s answer to the same itch

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

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

Drama with a pulse of romance, 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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5 Centimeters per Second
2007 Β· dir. Makoto Shinkai
β˜… 7.4animation Β· romance Β· drama

Romance built on tenderness, 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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