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Movies that feel likeLove, Rosie (2014)

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?

If you loved Love, Rosie, the closest films we have are About a Boy (2002), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011). All three share Love, Rosie's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Italian for Beginners (2000).

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About a Boy
2002 Β· dir. Chris Weitz
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1drama Β· comedy Β· romance

One thread runs through both: friendship

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.

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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011 Β· dir. Zoya Akhtar
πŸ… 89%β˜… 8.2drama Β· comedy Β· romanceNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

Three friends who were inseparable in childhood decide to go on a three-week-long bachelor road trip to Spain, in order to re-establish their bond and explore thrilling adventures, before one of them gets married. What will they learn of themselves and each other during the adventure?

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Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011 Β· dir. Glenn Ficarra
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· drama Β· romanceMax

Romantic and tender in the same breath

Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.

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Silver Linings Playbook
2012 Β· dir. David O. Russell
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.7drama Β· comedy Β· romanceStarz

Both land stillness and wit at once

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

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Italian for Beginners
2000 Β· dir. Lone Scherfig
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7comedy Β· drama Β· romance

The same mix in both: play, then warmth

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998 Β· dir. Karan Johar
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.5romance Β· drama Β· comedyNetflixPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.

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He's Just Not That Into You
2009 Β· dir. Ken Kwapis
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· romance Β· dramaParamount+

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Remember that really cute girl/guy who said they'd call – and didn't? Maybe they lost your number. Maybe they're in the hospital. Maybe they're awed by your looks, brains or success. Or maybe... They're just not that into you.

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Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994 Β· dir. Mike Newell
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Tender drama, and it commits to that

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1990s show

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

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Three Steps Above Heaven
2010 Β· dir. Fernando GonzΓ‘lez Molina
β˜… 6.8romance Β· drama

Common ground: best friend

The difference: Easier on the wit than Love, Rosie

Babi, a sheltered upper-class girl, and Hache, a reckless rebel obsessed with illegal motorcycle races, fall into a forbidden love that pulls them deeper into passion and risk.

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As Good as It Gets
1997 Β· dir. James L. Brooks
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.7drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Both lean on stillness more than on comedy

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

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Muriel's Wedding
1994 Β· dir. P.J. Hogan
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Witty romance in both cases

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk, and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.

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Let the Sunshine In
2017 Β· dir. Claire Denis
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: love

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.

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