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Movies that feel like Bajirao Mastani (2015)

If you loved Bajirao Mastani, the closest films we have are Padmaavat (2018), Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and Never Look Away (2018). All three share Bajirao Mastani's epic and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Criterion Channel and MUBI and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 67% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansaliepicromantictendercontemplative

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If Bajirao Mastani hit the spot, these will too

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Padmaavat
2018 Β· dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.1drama Β· history Β· romance

Sanjay Leela Bhansali directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her.

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

Two things both keep coming back to: husband wife relationship and period drama

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

The same mix in both: scale, then romance

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

Sanjay Leela Bhansali working the same nerve twice

The difference: Missing the scale of Bajirao Mastani

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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A Royal Affair
2012 Β· dir. Nikolaj Arcel
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history Β· romance

Tender where it counts, contemplative underneath

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

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Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 Β· dir. Hong Sang-soo
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Romance built on romance, twice over

The difference: Reviewed even better

By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named Yoon Heejung. Together, they go to Heejung's workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi with Soju for dinner, and get close. Later, they go to another cafΓ© and have more drinks with Heejung's acquaintances. When asked if he is married, Chunsu is forced to reveal the fact that he is, and Heejung gets deeply disappointed...

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45 Years
2015 Β· dir. Andrew Haigh
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: husband wife relationship

The difference: None of the scale Bajirao Mastani is built on

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

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Asako I & II
2018 Β· dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7drama Β· romance

Tender drama, and it commits to that

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

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

Contemplative history in both cases

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

Romance with a pulse of romance, 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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The Souvenir
2019 Β· dir. Joanna Hogg
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.4drama Β· romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on drama

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

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I Don't Want to Go Back Alone
2011 Β· dir. Daniel Ribeiro
β˜… 8.2drama Β· romance

Contemplative history, and it commits to that

The arrival of a new student in school changes Leonardo's life. This 15 year-old blind teenager has to deal with the jealousy of his friend Giovana while figuring out the new feelings he's having towards his new friend, Gabriel.

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