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Movies that feel like Cold War (2018)

If you loved Cold War, the closest films we have are Moulin Rouge! (2001), A Beautiful Life (2023) and Once (2007). All three share Cold War's romantic and tender 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.

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Paweł Pawlikowskiromantictenderstylishcontemplative
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Moulin Rouge!
2001 · dir. Baz Luhrmann
🍅 75%7.6drama · romance · music

Paris shapes both of them

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.

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A Beautiful Life
2023 · dir. Mehdi Avaz
🍅 33%6.4drama · music · romance

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

When a young fisherman with a hidden talent gets discovered by a music producer, he must decide if he's ready to open himself up to stardom — and love.

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Once
2007 · dir. John Carney
🍅 97%7.8drama · music · romance

Stylish and contemplative in the same breath

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

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Leto
2018 · dir. Kirill Serebrennikov
🍅 78%7.3music · drama

Both lean on romance more than on music

The difference: Missing the tenderness of Cold War

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoi. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.

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Beyond the Universe
2022 · dir. Diego Freitas
6.6romance · drama · music

Romance with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.

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Tender Mercies
1983 · dir. Bruce Beresford
🍅 83%7.3drama · music · romance

Stylish drama in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

Alcoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.

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Sing Street
2016 · dir. John Carney
🍅 95%7.9romance · drama · music

Romance built on stillness, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Cold War does

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

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A Star Is Born
2018 · dir. Bradley Cooper
🍅 90%7.6music · drama · romance

Romantic music, and it commits to that

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

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Ida
2013 · dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
🍅 95%7.4drama

Both are Paweł Pawlikowski's work, and they rhyme

In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

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Limelight
1952 · dir. Charlie Chaplin
🍅 88%8romance · drama · music

The same preoccupation in both: black and white

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

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Love
2015 · dir. Gaspar Noé
🍅 42%6.1drama · romance

One thread runs through both: love

Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.

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Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 · dir. Terence Davies
🍅 80%7.4drama · music

Both keep coming back to the same thing: 1950s

Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy. Their father was physically abusive to his wife and left the children emotionally traumatized. As a result, the children have grown into unhappy adults, looking for love they didn't receive when they were young.

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