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Movies that feel likeAtonement (2007)

A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

If you loved Atonement, the closest films we have are P.S. I Love You (2007), Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Closer (2004). All three share Atonement's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Blue Valentine (2010).

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P.S. I Love You
2007 · dir. Richard LaGravenese
★ 7drama · romance

The same two preoccupations: grief, and letter

The difference: Easier on the twists than Atonement

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

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Pride & Prejudice
2005 · dir. Joe Wright
🍅 87%★ 7.8drama · romanceRent or buy

Joe Wright working the same nerve twice

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

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Closer
2004 · dir. Mike Nichols
🍅 67%★ 7.1drama · romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: lie

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

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Blue Valentine
2010 · dir. Derek Cianfrance
🍅 87%★ 7.3drama · romancePrime VideoParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: nurse

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

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Remember Me
2010 · dir. Allen Coulter
🍅 26%★ 7.1drama · romancePeacock

Both land stillness and romance at once

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

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Anna Karenina
2012 · dir. Joe Wright
🍅 63%★ 6.6drama · romance · historyParamount+

Joe Wright directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Sits closer to history than Atonement does

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

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Close to the Horizon
2019 · dir. Tim Trachte
★ 6.6romance · drama

The same mix in both: tenderness, then melancholy

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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Midnight Sun
2018 · dir. Scott Speer
🍅 21%★ 6.6romance · dramaPrime VideoHulu

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.

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Five Feet Apart
2019 · dir. Justin Baldoni
🍅 53%★ 7.2romance · dramaRent or buy

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.

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Romeo + Juliet
1996 · dir. Baz Luhrmann
🍅 75%★ 6.7drama · romanceMaxHulu

Both lean on tenderness more than on drama

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

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Your Fault
2024 · dir. Domingo González
🍅 20%★ 5.3drama · romancePrime Video

Melancholy romance in both cases

The love between Noah and Nick seems unwavering despite their parents' attempts to separate them. But his job and her entry into college open up their lives to new relationships that will shake the foundations of both their relationship and the Leister family itself.

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Burning Betrayal
2023 · dir. Diego Freitas
★ 4.2drama · mystery · romanceNetflix

Drama built on twists, twice over

Babi discovers a betrayal by her long-term partner and decides to embark on a new adventure in life. On this journey, she meets judge Marco and they begin to live a story permeated by a lot of sexual tension.

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