
Movies that feel like Breathless (1960)
If you loved Breathless, the closest films we have are Jules and Jim (1962), Collateral Beauty (2016) and Gun Crazy (1950). All three share Breathless's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel and HBO Max and others, checked against today's data.
If Breathless hit the spot, these will too

The same city underneath both: Paris
The difference: Not nearly as gritty as Breathless

Friendship is the engine of both
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Gun sits at the heart of each
The difference: None of the melancholy that defines Breathless

Both built around grief

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath
The difference: A 1990s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Gritty where it counts, tender underneath

The same preoccupation in both: grief

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

Romantic romance in both cases

Crime built on tenderness, twice over

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Romance with a pulse of melancholy, in both cases
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