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Movies that feel like Castaway on the Moon (2009)

If you loved Castaway on the Moon, the closest films we have are Together (2000), God's Own Country (2017) and Minnie and Moskowitz (1971). All three share Castaway on the Moon'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, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River – only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a new life as a castaway. His antics catch the attention of a young woman whose apartment overlooks the river. Her discovery changes both their lives.

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Together
2000 · dir. Lukas Moodysson
🍅 90%7.4drama · comedy · romance

Both are built on the same subject: loneliness

Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.

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God's Own Country
2017 · dir. Francis Lee
🍅 97%7.6romance · drama

The same preoccupation in both: isolation

The difference: Not nearly as witty as Castaway on the Moon

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

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Minnie and Moskowitz
1971 · dir. John Cassavetes
🍅 82%7.2romance · drama · comedy

One thread runs through both: loneliness

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.

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My Blueberry Nights
2007 · dir. Wong Kar-Wai
🍅 45%6.6drama · romance

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

The difference: None of the wit Castaway on the Moon is built on

Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems...

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Jab We Met
2007 · dir. Imtiaz Ali
🍅 100%7.9drama · comedy · romance

The same mix in both: wit, then play

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

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Barfi!
2012 · dir. Anurag Basu
🍅 81%8.1drama · romance · comedy

Tender drama in both cases

The heartwarming tale of Barfi, a charming deaf-mute young man from 1970s Darjeeling, and two unalike women who can't help but fall for him.

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Mary and Max
2009 · dir. Adam Elliot
🍅 96%8.1animation · comedy · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: suicide attempt

The difference: Leans harder into animation than Castaway on the Moon does

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2008 · dir. Aditya Chopra
🍅 78%7.2comedy · drama · romance

Comedy built on stillness, twice over

A boring, reserved husband secretly becomes a lively, confident stranger to woo his own unaware wife only to make her fall head over heels for his dashing alter ego.

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Scenes from a Marriage
1974 · dir. Ingmar Bergman
8.3drama · romance

Lonely romance, and it commits to that

Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizing their divorce, but they make attempts at reconciling. Even as they pursue other relationships, Johan and Marianne realize that they have a significant bond, but also many issues that hinder that connection.

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Away We Go
2009 · dir. Sam Mendes
🍅 67%7drama · comedy · romance

Drama with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.

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Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 · dir. Nikkhil Advani
🍅 75%7.9comedy · drama · romance

Both lean on play more than on comedy

An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.

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Certain Women
2016 · dir. Kelly Reichardt
🍅 92%6.4drama

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

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