
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.
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If I Want You hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Three Steps Above Heaven (2010)

The same two preoccupations: teenage love, and young love
The difference: None of the warmth I Want You is built on

Common ground: friendship

Both are built on the same subject: friendship
The difference: Sits closer to animation than I Want You does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love
The difference: 50 years apart, and the 1960s show

The same preoccupation in both: based on young adult novel
The difference: Leans harder into mystery than I Want You does

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

One thread runs through both: love

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

Contemplative romance in both cases

Both lean on romance more than on drama

Romance built on tenderness, twice over

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that
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