Movies that feel like Padmaavat (2018)
If you loved Padmaavat, the closest films we have are Bajirao Mastani (2015), A Heart in Winter (1992) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008). All three share Padmaavat's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and MUBI and others, checked against today's data.
If Padmaavat hit the spot, these will too
Sanjay Leela Bhansali directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: None of the obsession Padmaavat is built on
Both are built on the same subject: obsession
The difference: Reviewed even better
Both are working the same pair: husband wife relationship, period drama
The same preoccupation in both: husband wife relationship
The same hand behind both of them: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
One thread runs through both: obsession
Both keep coming back to the same thing: queen
The same mix in both: stillness, then romance
The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Padmaavat does
Epic and tender in the same breath
Contemplative drama in both cases
Romance built on romance, twice over
History with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases
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