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Movies that feel likeRevolutionary Road (2008)

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.

If you loved Revolutionary Road, the closest films we have are The Bridges of Madison County (1995), In the Mood for Love (2000) and Rachel Getting Married (2008). All three share Revolutionary Road'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 The Lunchbox (2013).

πŸ… 67% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sam Mendescontemplativeromantictender
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The Bridges of Madison County
1995 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romance

Both are working the same pair: adultery, marriage crisis

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

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

The same preoccupation in both: adultery

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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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Rachel Getting Married
2008 Β· dir. Jonathan Demme
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.6drama Β· romanceNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: connecticut

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

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The Lunchbox
2013 Β· dir. Ritesh Batra
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romance

One thread runs through both: housewife

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

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The Reader
2008 Β· dir. Stephen Daldry
πŸ… 63%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romance

Both land stillness and romance at once

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

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Free Fall
2013 Β· dir. Stephan Lacant
β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

Common ground: infidelity

A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness – and what it means to fall in love with another man.

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

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, 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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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 Β· dir. Woody Allen
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Contemplative romance, and it commits to that

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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The Age of Innocence
1993 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2drama Β· romancePrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: infidelity

In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

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

Drama built on romance, twice over

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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Up in the Air
2009 Β· dir. Jason Reitman
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.4drama Β· romanceParamount+

Both lean on tenderness more than on romance

Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.

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Two Lovers
2008 Β· dir. James Gray
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7drama Β· romance

Contemplative drama in both cases

A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

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