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Movies that feel like Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

If you loved Jodhaa Akbar, the closest films we have are Bajirao Mastani (2015), Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) and A Royal Affair (2012). All three share Jodhaa Akbar's epic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Fandor and AMC+ and others, checked against today's data.

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.

πŸ… 80% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ashutosh Gowarikerromantictenderepiccontemplative

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Bajirao Mastani
2015 Β· dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.3history Β· romance Β· drama

Both are working the same pair: husband wife relationship, period drama

Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.

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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
2001 Β· dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8.1adventure Β· drama Β· history

Ashutosh Gowariker working the same nerve twice

The difference: Not nearly as romantic as Jodhaa Akbar

The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.

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A Royal Affair
2012 Β· dir. Nikolaj Arcel
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history Β· romance

Both land romance and tenderness at once

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

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Never Look Away
2018 Β· dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance Β· history

Epic where it counts, contemplative underneath

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.

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Padmaavat
2018 Β· dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.1drama Β· history Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: husband wife relationship

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her.

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Sidewalls
2011 Β· dir. Gustavo Taretto
πŸ… 70%β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?

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Arn: The Knight Templar
2007 Β· dir. Peter Flinth
β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· drama

Tender drama in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to action than Jodhaa Akbar does

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

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Medicine for Melancholy
2009 Β· dir. Barry Jenkins
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.6drama Β· romance

Contemplative history, and it commits to that

Waking from a one-night stand that neither remembers, Micah and Joanne find themselves wandering the streets of San Francisco, sharing coffee and conversation and searching for a deeper connection.

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I Don't Want to Go Back Alone
2011 Β· dir. Daniel Ribeiro
β˜… 8.2drama Β· romance

Both lean on romance more than on romance

The arrival of a new student in school changes Leonardo's life. This 15 year-old blind teenager has to deal with the jealousy of his friend Giovana while figuring out the new feelings he's having towards his new friend, Gabriel.

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Veer-Zaara
2004 Β· dir. Yash Chopra
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romance

Drama built on tenderness, twice over

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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Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 Β· dir. Hong Sang-soo
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Contemplative history in both cases

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 cafΓ© 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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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
2012 Β· dir. Yash Chopra
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.7drama Β· romance

Romance in the same key

Samar Anand, a London-based struggling musician falls in love with Meera Thappar. After a severe accident, a panicked Meera promises God to leave Samar if he lives. Heartbroken, Samar leaves for India to become a fearless bomb disposal expert in the army.

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