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Movies that feel like Chocolat (2000)

If you loved Chocolat, the closest films we have are Late Marriage (2001), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994). All three share Chocolat's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.

🍅 63% Rotten Tomatoes7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Lasse Hallströmwittyplayfulcontemplativeromantictendercozy
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Late Marriage
2001 · dir. Dover Koshashvili
🍅 88%7.1comedy · drama · romance

The same preoccupation in both: tradition

The difference: Reviewed even better

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 90%7.7romance · drama

Both are Lasse Hallström's work, and they rhyme

The difference: None of the wit Chocolat is built on

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.

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Eat Drink Man Woman
1994 · dir. Ang Lee
🍅 88%7.8comedy · drama · romance

Both land wit and play at once

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

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How to Be Single
2016 · dir. Christian Ditter
🍅 45%6.1comedy · romance

One thread runs through both: single

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

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Moonstruck
1987 · dir. Norman Jewison
🍅 90%7.2comedy · drama · romance

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

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The Girl on the Bridge
1999 · dir. Patrice Leconte
🍅 88%7.5drama · comedy · romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: france

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.

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Housekeeping
1987 · dir. Bill Forsyth
🍅 92%7.2comedy · drama

Both are built on the same subject: small town life

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.

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

Common ground: romcom

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

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Bridget Jones's Diary
2001 · dir. Sharon Maguire
🍅 80%6.8comedy · romance · drama

One thread runs through both: parents and children

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against expectations. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. Her charming boss takes an interest in her, and she cannot stop running into a rather disagreeable acquaintance whom Bridget cannot help finding quietly attractive.

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Hitch
2005 · dir. Andy Tennant
🍅 68%6.6comedy · drama · romance

One thread runs through both: romcom

Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.

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Strictly Ballroom
1992 · dir. Baz Luhrmann
7.2comedy · drama · romance

Common ground: parents and children

Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

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Valentine's Day
2010 · dir. Garry Marshall
🍅 18%5.8comedy · romance

Another one that scratches it

Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

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