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Movies that feel like My Blueberry Nights (2007)

If you loved My Blueberry Nights, the closest films we have are Julieta (2016), Happy Together (1997) and God's Own Country (2017). All three share My Blueberry Nights' 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 HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems...

πŸ… 45% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Wong Kar-Waicontemplativeromantictenderwarmlonely
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Julieta
2016 Β· dir. Pedro AlmodΓ³var
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Both are working the same pair: friendship, loneliness

The difference: Reviewed even better

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.

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Happy Together
1997 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance

Wong Kar-Wai working the same nerve twice

The difference: Missing the warmth of My Blueberry Nights

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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God's Own Country
2017 Β· dir. Francis Lee
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.6romance Β· drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: loneliness

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

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In the Mood for Love
2000 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8drama Β· romance

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

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.

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Castaway on the Moon
2009 Β· dir. Lee Hae-jun
β˜… 8drama Β· comedy Β· romance

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than My Blueberry Nights does

Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River – only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a new life as a castaway. His antics catch the attention of a young woman whose apartment overlooks the river. Her discovery changes both their lives.

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Certain Women
2016 Β· dir. Kelly Reichardt
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.4drama

Both lean on loneliness more than on drama

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

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Together
2000 Β· dir. Lukas Moodysson
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.4drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Tender romance in both cases

Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, GΓΆran. The year is 1975 and GΓΆran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.

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2046
2004 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4drama Β· science fiction Β· romance

Common ground: lovesickness

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

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

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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

The same preoccupation in both: waitress

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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Days of Being Wild
1990 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.4crime Β· drama Β· romance

Romance built on romance, twice over

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

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Scenes from a Marriage
1974 Β· dir. Ingmar Bergman
β˜… 8.3drama Β· romance

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a faΓ§ade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizing their divorce, but they make attempts at reconciling. Even as they pursue other relationships, Johan and Marianne realize that they have a significant bond, but also many issues that hinder that connection.

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