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Movies that feel likePaterson (2016)

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.

If you loved Paterson, the closest films we have are Youth (2015), Take This Waltz (2011) and Beginners (2011). All three share Paterson'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 Let the Sunshine In (2017).

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

Contemplative and witty in the same breath

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

The same mix in both: play, then romance

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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Beginners
2011 · dir. Mike Mills
🍅 86%★ 7.2drama · romance · comedy

Tender drama in both cases

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.

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The Big Sick
2017 · dir. Michael Showalter
🍅 98%★ 7.5comedy · drama · romancePrime Video

Both lean on stillness more than on comedy

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

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The Worst Person in the World
2021 · dir. Joachim Trier
🍅 96%★ 7.7drama · romance · comedyRent or buy

Romance with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

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

Drama built on play, twice over

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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Away We Go
2009 · dir. Sam Mendes
🍅 67%★ 7drama · comedy · romance

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.

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Barfi!
2012 · dir. Anurag Basu
🍅 84%★ 8.1drama · romance · comedy

Tender romance, and it commits to that

The heartwarming tale of Barfi, a charming deaf-mute young man from 1970s Darjeeling, and two unalike women who can't help but fall for him.

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Let the Sunshine In
2017 · dir. Claire Denis
🍅 87%★ 6comedy · drama · romance

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

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

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Café Society
2016 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 70%★ 6.6comedy · drama · romancePrime Video

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

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Drinking Buddies
2013 · dir. Joe Swanberg
🍅 84%★ 6.1romance · drama · comedyNetflixPrime Video

Romance with a pulse of play, in both cases

Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer.

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

Common ground: dog

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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