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Movies that feel like Certain Women (2016)

If you loved Certain Women, the closest films we have are Rocky Balboa (2006), Perfect Days (2023) and God's Own Country (2017). All three share Certain Women's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 92% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kelly Reichardtcontemplativeromanticlonely

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If Certain Women hit the spot, these will too

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Rocky Balboa
2006 Β· dir. Sylvester Stallone
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7.1drama

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

The difference: Not nearly as lonely as Certain Women

When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Italian Stallion to a 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior. Rocky takes on Dixon in what will become the greatest fight in boxing history!

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Perfect Days
2023 Β· dir. Wim Wenders
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9drama

Drama built on loneliness, twice over

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

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God's Own Country
2017 Β· dir. Francis Lee
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.6romance Β· drama

Loneliness and rural area, at the center of both

The difference: Leans romance where Certain Women does not

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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Perfect Strangers
2016 Β· dir. Paolo Genovese
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.7drama

Love affair sits at the heart of each

During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.

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Rocky II
1979 Β· dir. Sylvester Stallone
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.3drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The difference: 37 years apart, and the 1970s show

After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.

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Wendy and Lucy
2008 Β· dir. Kelly Reichardt
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1drama

Kelly Reichardt working the same nerve twice

A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.

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Ikiru
1952 Β· dir. Akira Kurosawa
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8.3drama

Both built around loneliness

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

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The Whale
2022 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.6drama

Romantic drama in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

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Floating Weeds
1959 · dir. Yasujirō Ozu
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9drama

A streak of stillness through both

A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

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Babel
2006 Β· dir. Alejandro G. IΓ±Γ‘rritu
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.5drama

Both run romantic where it counts

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

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Nobody Knows
2004 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

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Magnolia
1999 Β· dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
πŸ… 82%β˜… 8drama

Drama approached the same way

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

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