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Movies that feel like Burlesque (2010)

If you loved Burlesque, the closest films we have are Like Crazy (2011), Medicine for Melancholy (2009) and Veer-Zaara (2004). All three share Burlesque's contemplative 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 AMC+ and others, checked against today's data.

Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once-majestic theater that houses an inspired musical revue. Vowing to perform there, she makes the leap from bar to stage, helping restore the club's former glory.

🍅 37% Rotten Tomatoes6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Steve Antincontemplativeromantictender
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If Burlesque hit the spot, these will too

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Like Crazy
2011 · dir. Drake Doremus
🍅 70%6.6drama · romance

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

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Medicine for Melancholy
2009 · dir. Barry Jenkins
🍅 85%6.6drama · romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on drama

Waking from a one-night stand that neither remembers, Micah and Joanne find themselves wandering the streets of San Francisco, sharing coffee and conversation and searching for a deeper connection.

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Veer-Zaara
2004 · dir. Yash Chopra
🍅 93%7.8drama · romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: musical

Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.

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Rachel Getting Married
2008 · dir. Jonathan Demme
🍅 85%6.6drama · romance

Romance built on stillness, twice over

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

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With Every Heartbeat
2011 · dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining
6.8romance · drama

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

After they meet at their parent's engagement party, Mia and Frida are intrigued by and attracted to one another, despite Mia's own upcoming engagement to Tim. Mia must decide whether to continue her life with Tim or to follow her heart with Frida.

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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
2012 · dir. Yash Chopra
🍅 91%6.7drama · romance

Romance with a pulse of tenderness, 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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Certified Copy
2010 · dir. Abbas Kiarostami
🍅 89%7.2drama · romance

Contemplative drama in both cases

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.

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Eat Pray Love
2010 · dir. Ryan Murphy
🍅 34%5.9drama · romance

Romance built on romance, twice over

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

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Two Lovers
2008 · dir. James Gray
🍅 81%7drama · romance

A streak of tenderness through both

A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

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Water for Elephants
2011 · dir. Francis Lawrence
🍅 60%6.9drama · romance

The same drama instincts

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

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Sidewalls
2011 · dir. Gustavo Taretto
🍅 70%7.5drama · romance

Cut from the same romance cloth

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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The Best of Me
2014 · dir. Michael Hoffman
🍅 12%6.7drama · romance

Both know what they want from drama

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

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