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Movies that feel likeCertain Women (2016)

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.

If you loved Certain Women, the closest films we have are God's Own Country (2017), The Wall (2012) and Scenes from a Marriage (1974). All three share Certain Women's contemplative and lonely feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Tony Takitani (2004).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Kelly Reichardtcontemplativeromanticlonely
8 of 12 streaming nowHBO Max · Amazon Prime Video · Criterion Channel

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

The same two preoccupations: loneliness, and rural area

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Certain Women does

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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The Wall
2012 · dir. Julian Pölsler
🍅 76%★ 6.7science fiction · dramaPrime Video

One thread runs through both: loneliness

The difference: Easier on the romance than Certain Women

A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love affair

The difference: 42 years apart, and the 1970s show

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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🍅 94%★ 8drama

Contemplative and lonely in the same breath

The difference: Trades the romance of Certain Women for an angle of its own

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

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Perfect Days
2023 · dir. Wim Wenders
🍅 96%★ 7.9dramaRent or buy

Drama built on stillness, 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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Tony Takitani
2004 · dir. Jun Ichikawa
🍅 88%★ 7.2drama

Lonely drama, and it commits to that

A reclusive illustrator falls in love with a young woman who addictively shops for clothing.

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

Drama with a pulse of romance, in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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Everything, Everything
2017 · dir. Stella Meghie
🍅 45%★ 6.3drama · romance

Both sit in the same romantic register

A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.

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Julieta
2016 · dir. Pedro Almodóvar
🍅 84%★ 7.1drama · romance

A streak of stillness through both

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.

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Marty
1955 · dir. Delbert Mann
🍅 96%★ 7.6drama · romancePrime Video

Both work the same romance

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother, is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward, he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. He then meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher. Realising their emotional connection, Marty promises to call, but family and friends try to convince him not to.

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Ikiru
1952 · dir. Akira Kurosawa
🍅 98%★ 8.3dramaMax

The shared currency is 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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Sleep Dealer
2008 · dir. Alex Rivera
🍅 73%★ 6drama · science fiction · thriller

Both are drama through and through

Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

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