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Movies that feel likeOne Day (2011)

After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.

If you loved One Day, the closest films we have are The Longest Ride (2015), With Every Heartbeat (2011) and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). All three share One Day'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 Amour (2012).

πŸ… 36% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Lone Scherfigcontemplativeromantictender
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If One Day hit the spot, these will too

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The Longest Ride
2015 Β· dir. George Tillman Jr.
πŸ… 31%β˜… 7drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: love

The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.

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With Every Heartbeat
2011 Β· dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining
β˜… 6.8romance Β· drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

After they meet at their parent's engagement party, Mia and Frida are intrigued by and attracted to one another, despite Mia's own upcoming engagement to Tim. Mia must decide whether to continue her life with Tim or to follow her heart with Frida.

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 Β· dir. Woody Allen
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: author

The difference: Reviewed even better

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

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Water for Elephants
2011 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.9drama Β· romance

Drama built on tenderness, twice over

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

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

Both lean on stillness more than on romance

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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Eat Pray Love
2010 Β· dir. Ryan Murphy
πŸ… 34%β˜… 5.9drama Β· romanceNetflix

Common ground: divorce

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

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The Best of Me
2014 Β· dir. Michael Hoffman
πŸ… 12%β˜… 6.7drama Β· romance

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

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The Lucky One
2012 Β· dir. Scott Hicks
πŸ… 20%β˜… 6.4drama Β· romance

Tender romance in both cases

A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.

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Flipped
2010 Β· dir. Rob Reiner
πŸ… 54%β˜… 7.7romance Β· drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.

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Carol
2015 Β· dir. Todd Haynes
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3romance Β· dramaPrime Video

Both lean on romance more than on romance

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

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Love
2015 Β· dir. Gaspar NoΓ©
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.1drama Β· romance

Both work the same tenderness

Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.

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