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Movies that feel likeLost in Translation (2003)

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

If you loved Lost in Translation, the closest films we have are Love Actually (2003), Love Me If You Dare (2003) and Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003). All three share Lost in Translation's contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Late Marriage (2001).

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Sofia Coppolacontemplativewittyplayfulromantictender
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Love Actually
2003 · dir. Richard Curtis
🍅 65%★ 7.5comedy · romance · dramaNetflixStarz

Loneliness and connection intertwine against a backdrop of unfamiliar surroundings

The difference: Eight tangled couples' stories, not one quiet late-night friendship

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

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Love Me If You Dare
2003 · dir. Yann Samuell
🍅 45%★ 7.5drama · comedy · romance

Two people circle each other for years without quite naming what they feel

The difference: A lifelong dare-game romance, more playful and less melancholic

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.

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Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 · dir. Nikkhil Advani
🍅 75%★ 7.9comedy · drama · romanceNetflixPrime Video

An unexpected bond quietly reshapes someone's disconnected life

The difference: A Bollywood tearjerker with a hidden secret, not a fleeting hotel friendship

An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.

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My Sassy Girl
2001 · dir. Kwak Jae-yong
★ 7.9drama · comedy · romance

An unlikely pairing upends someone's ordinary, uneventful life

The difference: A chaotic, comic courtship, louder and less contemplative

A young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.

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Jab We Met
2007 · dir. Imtiaz Ali
🍅 100%★ 7.9drama · comedy · romance

An unexpected companion pulls someone out of their own quiet despair

The difference: A spirited Bollywood romcom, brighter and more overtly romantic

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

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Late Marriage
2001 · dir. Dover Koshashvili
🍅 88%★ 7.1comedy · drama · romanceRent or buy

Both land stillness and wit at once

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

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Youth
2015 · dir. Paolo Sorrentino
🍅 73%★ 7.3comedy · drama · romance

Aging, disconnected people find quiet companionship in an unfamiliar hotel

The difference: Two old friends reflect on legacy, not two strangers finding each other

Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?

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Bridget Jones's Diary
2001 · dir. Sharon Maguire
🍅 80%★ 6.8comedy · romance · dramaParamount+Starz

Playful where it counts, romantic underneath

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against expectations. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. Her charming boss takes an interest in her, and she cannot stop running into a rather disagreeable acquaintance whom Bridget cannot help finding quietly attractive.

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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
2006 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 92%★ 6.9drama · comedy · romance

Tender drama in both cases

Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.

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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2008 · dir. Aditya Chopra
🍅 78%★ 7.2comedy · drama · romanceNetflix

Comedy with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A boring, reserved husband secretly becomes a lively, confident stranger to woo his own unaware wife only to make her fall head over heels for his dashing alter ego.

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Take This Waltz
2011 · dir. Sarah Polley
🍅 79%★ 6.5drama · comedy · romanceNetflix

A new attraction exposes the quiet dissatisfaction under a settled life

The difference: Centers a married woman's temptation, not two strangers abroad

Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.

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The Artist
2011 · dir. Michel Hazanavicius
🍅 95%★ 7.8drama · comedy · romance

Witty romance, and it commits to that

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

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