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Movies that feel like Beyond the Universe (2022)

If you loved Beyond the Universe, the closest films we have are Close to the Horizon (2019), A Beautiful Life (2023) and Burning Betrayal (2023). All three share Beyond the Universe's 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.

While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.

6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Diego Freitasromantictendercontemplativestylishmelancholy
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If Beyond the Universe hit the spot, these will too

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

Two things both keep coming back to: grief and tearjerker

The difference: Missing the style of Beyond the Universe

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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A Beautiful Life
2023 · dir. Mehdi Avaz
🍅 33%6.4drama · music · romance

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

The difference: None of the melancholy Beyond the Universe is built on

When a young fisherman with a hidden talent gets discovered by a music producer, he must decide if he's ready to open himself up to stardom — and love.

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Burning Betrayal
2023 · dir. Diego Freitas
4.2drama · mystery · romance

Both are Diego Freitas's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into mystery than Beyond the Universe does

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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Once
2007 · dir. John Carney
🍅 97%7.8drama · music · romance

Common ground: pianist

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

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Lilting
2014 · dir. Hong Khaou
🍅 82%7.2drama

Both are built on the same subject: grief

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

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Leto
2018 · dir. Kirill Serebrennikov
🍅 78%7.3music · drama

Contemplative and stylish in the same breath

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoi. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.

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Autumn Sonata
1978 · dir. Ingmar Bergman
🍅 85%8.1drama · music

Both keep coming back to the same thing: pianist

The difference: 44 years apart, and the 1970s show

After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional night, the pair reopen the wounds of the past. Charlotte gets another shock when she finds out that her mentally impaired daughter, Helena, is out of the asylum and living with Eva.

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Forgotten Love
2023 · dir. Michał Gazda
7.5drama · romance

Melancholy romance, and it commits to that

A once-respected surgeon who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past.

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Cold War
2018 · dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
🍅 92%7.5romance · music · drama

Drama built on romance, twice over

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

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Walk the Line
2005 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 83%7.8drama · music · romance

Music with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

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Tender Mercies
1983 · dir. Bruce Beresford
🍅 83%7.3drama · music · romance

Both lean on stillness more than on romance

Alcoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.

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The Souvenir
2019 · dir. Joanna Hogg
🍅 90%6.4drama · romance

Romantic drama in both cases

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

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