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Movies that feel like Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)

If you loved Right Now, Wrong Then, the closest films we have are The Fault in Our Stars (2014), 45 Years (2015) and Carol (2015). All three share Right Now, Wrong Then'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, Disney Plus and Netflix Standard with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named Yoon Heejung. Together, they go to Heejung's workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi with Soju for dinner, and get close. Later, they go to another café and have more drinks with Heejung's acquaintances. When asked if he is married, Chunsu is forced to reveal the fact that he is, and Heejung gets deeply disappointed...

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The Fault in Our Stars
2014 · dir. Josh Boone
🍅 81%7.6romance · drama

Both land stillness and romance at once

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

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45 Years
2015 · dir. Andrew Haigh
🍅 96%7.1drama · romance

Drama built on tenderness, twice over

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

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Carol
2015 · dir. Todd Haynes
🍅 94%7.3romance · drama

Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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

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Five Feet Apart
2019 · dir. Justin Baldoni
🍅 53%7.2romance · drama

Both trade on romance more than on being drama

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.

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One Day
2011 · dir. Lone Scherfig
🍅 36%7drama · romance

Tender romance in both cases

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.

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Remember Me
2010 · dir. Allen Coulter
🍅 26%7.1drama · romance

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

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Asako I & II
2018 · dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
🍅 77%7drama · romance

Romantic romance, and it commits to that

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 80%7.1drama · romance

Tenderness is the shared currency

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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Blue Valentine
2010 · dir. Derek Cianfrance
🍅 87%7.3drama · romance

Both are drama through and through

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

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Certified Copy
2010 · dir. Abbas Kiarostami
🍅 89%7.2drama · romance

The same romance instincts

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.

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Up in the Air
2009 · dir. Jason Reitman
🍅 90%7.4drama · romance

Cut from the same drama cloth

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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The Lucky One
2012 · dir. Scott Hicks
🍅 20%6.4drama · romance

Romance approached the same way

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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