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Movies that feel like I Want You (2012)

If you loved I Want You, the closest films we have are Flipped (2010), Talk to Her (2002) and Flavors of Youth (2018). All three share I Want You's contemplative and romantic 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.

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.

6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Fernando González Molinacontemplativeromantictenderwarm

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Three Steps Above Heaven (2010)

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Flipped
2010 · dir. Rob Reiner
🍅 54%7.7romance · drama

The same two preoccupations: teenage love, and young love

The difference: None of the warmth I Want You is built on

When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.

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

Common ground: friendship

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

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Flavors of Youth
2018 · dir. Joshua
🍅 83%6.6animation · romance · drama

Both are built on the same subject: friendship

The difference: Sits closer to animation than I Want You does

The rigorous city life of China, while bustling and unforgiving, contains the everlasting memories of days past. Three stories told in three different cities, follow the loss of youth and the daunting realization of adulthood. Though reality may seem ever changing, unchangeable are the short-lived moments of one's childhood days. A plentiful bowl of noodles, the beauty of family and the trials of first love endure the inevitable flow of time, as three different characters explore the strength of bonds and the warmth of cherished memories. Within the disorder of the present world, witness these quaint stories recognize the comfort of the past, and attempt to revive the neglected flavors of youth.

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Jules and Jim
1962 · dir. François Truffaut
🍅 94%7.7drama · romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

The difference: 50 years apart, and the 1960s show

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

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Paper Towns
2015 · dir. Jake Schreier
🍅 58%6.2mystery · drama · romance

The same preoccupation in both: based on young adult novel

The difference: Leans harder into mystery than I Want You does

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge, he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues, and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Quentin gets, the less he sees of the girl he thought he knew.

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Enchanted April
1991 · dir. Mike Newell
🍅 85%7.3romance · drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.

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Love, Rosie
2014 · dir. Christian Ditter
🍅 32%7.1romance · drama · comedy

One thread runs through both: love

Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more?

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The Longest Ride
2015 · dir. George Tillman Jr.
🍅 31%7drama · romance

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.

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Amour
2012 · dir. Michael Haneke
🍅 93%7.9drama · romance

Contemplative romance in both cases

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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Your Fault
2024 · dir. Domingo González
🍅 20%5.3drama · romance

Both lean on romance more than on drama

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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One Day
2011 · dir. Lone Scherfig
🍅 36%7drama · romance

Romance built on tenderness, twice over

After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.

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After We Collided
2020 · dir. Roger Kumble
🍅 13%5.1drama · romance

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Tessa finds herself struggling with her complicated relationship with Hardin; she faces a dilemma that could change their lives forever.

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