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Movies that feel like Cinderella Man (2005)

If you loved Cinderella Man, the closest films we have are Jodhaa Akbar (2008), A Royal Affair (2012) and Bajirao Mastani (2015). All three share Cinderella Man's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max and Sundance Now and others, checked against today's data.

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

πŸ… 80% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ron Howardromantictendercontemplativeepic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Cinderella (2015)

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Jodhaa Akbar
2008 Β· dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.5romance Β· history Β· drama

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.

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A Royal Affair
2012 Β· dir. Nikolaj Arcel
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history Β· romance

Both land stillness and scale at once

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

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Bajirao Mastani
2015 Β· dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.3history Β· romance Β· drama

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.

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Never Look Away
2018 Β· dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance Β· history

Drama built on tenderness, twice over

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.

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Anna Karenina
2012 Β· dir. Joe Wright
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.6drama Β· romance Β· history

Both lean on stillness more than on history

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

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The Wind Rises
2013 Β· dir. Hayao Miyazaki
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.8animation Β· drama Β· history

Epic romance in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Cinderella Man does

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

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Brooklyn
2015 Β· dir. John Crowley
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history Β· romance

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

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Australia
2008 Β· dir. Baz Luhrmann
πŸ… 53%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· romance Β· drama

Tender history, and it commits to that

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

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Amour
2012 Β· dir. Michael Haneke
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: daughter

The difference: None of the scale Cinderella Man is built on

Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

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The Wrestler
2008 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance

One thread runs through both: daughter

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.

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The Mountain Between Us
2017 Β· dir. Hany Abu-Assad
πŸ… 39%β˜… 6.4drama Β· adventure Β· romance

Contemplative romance, and it commits to that

Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing each other to survive and discovering their inner strength.

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Head-On
2004 Β· dir. Fatih Akin
β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance

Drama of the same temperament

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

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