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Movies that feel likeCollateral Beauty (2016)

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

If you loved Collateral Beauty, the closest films we have are A Ghost Story (2017), Five Feet Apart (2019) and Talk to Her (2002). All three share Collateral Beauty's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Julieta (2016).

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Collateral (2004)

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A Ghost Story
2017 · dir. David Lowery
🍅 91%★ 6.8drama · fantasy · romance

Common ground in both: loss and grief

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

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Five Feet Apart
2019 · dir. Justin Baldoni
🍅 53%★ 7.2romance · dramaRent or buy

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

The difference: Trades the warmth of Collateral Beauty for an angle of its own

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.

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Talk to Her
2002 · dir. Pedro Almodóvar
🍅 91%★ 7.9drama · romance

Both are built on the same subject: friendship

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

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Remember Me
2010 · dir. Allen Coulter
🍅 26%★ 7.1drama · romancePeacock

The same mix in both: tenderness, then melancholy

Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

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Blue Valentine
2010 · dir. Derek Cianfrance
🍅 87%★ 7.3drama · romancePrime VideoParamount+

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

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

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

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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Close to the Horizon
2019 · dir. Tim Trachte
★ 6.6romance · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: death

Jessica knows exactly what her life is supposed to look like and where it takes her. But then she meets Danny. He has a complicated past and could confuse all their plans. Jessica has to decide.

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Midnight Sun
2018 · dir. Scott Speer
🍅 21%★ 6.6romance · dramaPrime VideoHulu

Both lean on romance more than on romance

Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.

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I Want You
2012 · dir. Fernando González Molina
★ 6.7drama · romance

Warm drama in both cases

After two years away, Hache returns to Barcelona seeking a fresh start. Falling for Gin while facing unresolved feelings for Babi, he must confront love, loss, and who he's becoming.

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P.S. I Love You
2007 · dir. Richard LaGravenese
★ 7drama · romance

Romance built on tenderness, twice over

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

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Closer
2004 · dir. Mike Nichols
🍅 67%★ 7.1drama · romance

Melancholy drama, and it commits to that

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

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Your Fault
2024 · dir. Domingo González
🍅 20%★ 5.3drama · romancePrime Video

Contemplative romance in both cases

The love between Noah and Nick seems unwavering despite their parents' attempts to separate them. But his job and her entry into college open up their lives to new relationships that will shake the foundations of both their relationship and the Leister family itself.

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