
Movies that feel like Places in the Heart (1984)
If you loved Places in the Heart, the closest films we have are Rain Man (1988), Magnolia (1999) and Babel (2006). All three share Places in the Heart's contemplative and melancholy feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Wonder Project Amazon Channel, fuboTV and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.
If Places in the Heart hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: grief

Grief sits at the heart of each

Both land stillness and melancholy at once
The difference: 22 years apart, and the 2000s show

Drama built on romance, twice over

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Drama with a pulse of melancholy, in both cases

A streak of romance through both
The difference: Not nearly as melancholy as Places in the Heart

Stillness is the shared currency



Both run melancholy where it counts

Drama approached the same way
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