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Movies that feel like Forgotten Love (2023)

If you loved Forgotten Love, the closest films we have are The Vow (2012), Close to the Horizon (2019) and Lilting (2014). All three share Forgotten Love's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium and MUBI and others, checked against today's data.

A once-respected surgeon who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past.

7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Michał Gazdacontemplativeromantictendermelancholycerebral
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Forgotten (2017)

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The Vow
2012 · dir. Michael Sucsy
🍅 30%6.8drama · romance

The same preoccupation in both: memory loss

Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

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

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

The difference: None of the ideas Forgotten Love is built on

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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Lilting
2014 · dir. Hong Khaou
🍅 82%7.2drama

Both lean on melancholy more than on drama

The difference: Not nearly as tender as Forgotten Love

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

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The Quiet Girl
2022 · dir. Colm Bairéad
🍅 97%7.7drama

Contemplative romance in both cases

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

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

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to music than Forgotten Love does

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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Burning Betrayal
2023 · dir. Diego Freitas
4.2drama · mystery · romance

Romance built on romance, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into mystery than Forgotten Love does

Babi discovers a betrayal by her long-term partner and decides to embark on a new adventure in life. On this journey, she meets judge Marco and they begin to live a story permeated by a lot of sexual tension.

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Asako I & II
2018 · dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
🍅 77%7drama · romance

Tender drama, and it commits to that

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

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Still Alice
2014 · dir. Wash Westmoreland
🍅 85%7.5drama

Common ground: memory loss

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

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Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 · dir. Hong Sang-soo
🍅 92%7.1drama · romance

Romance built on stillness, twice over

By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named Yoon Heejung. Together, they go to Heejung's workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi with Soju for dinner, and get close. Later, they go to another café and have more drinks with Heejung's acquaintances. When asked if he is married, Chunsu is forced to reveal the fact that he is, and Heejung gets deeply disappointed...

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City of Men
2007 · dir. Paulo Morelli
🍅 74%7.2drama

A streak of melancholy through both

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

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The Souvenir
2019 · dir. Joanna Hogg
🍅 90%6.4drama · romance

Both run romantic where it counts

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

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The Invite
2026 · dir. Olivia Wilde
7.8comedy · drama · romance

Both are built on the same subject: candid

Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

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