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Movies that feel likeFive Feet Apart (2019)

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 β€” 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.

If you loved Five Feet Apart, the closest films we have are Remember Me (2010), Closer (2004) and Romeo + Juliet (1996). All three share Five Feet Apart's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018).

πŸ… 53% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Justin Baldoniromantictendercontemplativemelancholy
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Remember Me
2010 Β· dir. Allen Coulter
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romancePeacock

Common ground: dramatic

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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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Closer
2004 Β· dir. Mike Nichols
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: forbidden love

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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Romeo + Juliet
1996 Β· dir. Baz Luhrmann
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.7drama Β· romanceMaxHulu

The same preoccupation in both: star crossed lovers

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 1990s show

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

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Blue Valentine
2010 Β· dir. Derek Cianfrance
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.3drama Β· romancePrime VideoParamount+

Romantic and tender in the same breath

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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P.S. I Love You
2007 Β· dir. Richard LaGravenese
β˜… 7drama Β· romance

Both land stillness and melancholy at once

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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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2018 Β· dir. Shinichiro Ushijima
β˜… 8.1animation Β· drama Β· romance

Common ground in both: terminal illness and hospital

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Five Feet Apart does

After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

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Close to the Horizon
2019 Β· dir. Tim Trachte
β˜… 6.6romance Β· drama

One thread runs through both: falling in love

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 Β· dir. Scott Speer
πŸ… 21%β˜… 6.6romance Β· dramaPrime VideoHulu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: best friend

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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Your Fault
2024 Β· dir. Domingo GonzΓ‘lez
πŸ… 20%β˜… 5.3drama Β· romancePrime Video

Both lean on romance more than on romance

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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Collateral Beauty
2016 Β· dir. David Frankel
πŸ… 14%β˜… 6.8drama Β· romance

Tender drama in both cases

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.

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A Ghost Story
2017 Β· dir. David Lowery
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.8drama Β· fantasy Β· romance

Romance built on stillness, twice over

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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Only Lovers Left Alive
2013 Β· dir. Jim Jarmusch
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.2drama Β· romance Β· fantasy

Drama with a pulse of melancholy, in both cases

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, already played over several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

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