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Movies that feel likeIn the Mood for Love (2000)

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

If you loved In the Mood for Love, the closest films we have are Happy Together (1997), The Bridges of Madison County (1995) and Revolutionary Road (2008). All three share In the Mood for Love'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 Veer-Zaara (2004).

πŸ… 92% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Wong Kar-Waicontemplativeromantictender
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If In the Mood for Love hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Days of Being Wild (1990) Β· 2046 (2004)

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Happy Together
1997 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romanceMax

Wong Kar-Wai working the same nerve twice

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.

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The Bridges of Madison County
1995 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romance

Two things both keep coming back to: adultery and secret love

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

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Revolutionary Road
2008 Β· dir. Sam Mendes
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.3drama Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: marriage crisis

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

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As Tears Go By
1988 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7drama Β· crime Β· romanceMax

Wong Kar-Wai directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Sits closer to crime than In the Mood for Love does

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

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Sense and Sensibility
1995 Β· dir. Ang Lee
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: secret love

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

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The Remains of the Day
1993 Β· dir. James Ivory
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romancePrime Video

Common ground: newspaper

In interwar Britain, a rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a new housekeeper. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

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Dil Chahta Hai
2001 Β· dir. Farhan Akhtar
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.1drama Β· romanceNetflix

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.

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Amour
2012 Β· dir. Michael Haneke
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: married couple

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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Head-On
2004 Β· dir. Fatih Akin
β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on drama

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

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Veer-Zaara
2004 Β· dir. Yash Chopra
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romanceNetflix

Contemplative romance, and it commits to that

Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.

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Brokeback Mountain
2005 Β· dir. Ang Lee
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance

One thread runs through both: marriage crisis

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

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The Woman Next Door
1981 Β· dir. FranΓ§ois Truffaut
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.2drama Β· romance

Common ground: deceived husband

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.

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