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Movies that feel like Roman Holiday (1953)

If you loved Roman Holiday, the closest films we have are I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and The Apartment (1960). All three share Roman Holiday's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Criterion Channel, TCM and YouTube TV and others, checked against today's data.

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

πŸ… 97% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. William Wylerromantictenderwittyplayfulcontemplative

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Holiday (2006)

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I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 Β· dir. Emeric Pressburger
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.4romance Β· drama Β· comedy

Black and white sits at the heart of each

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

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The Shop Around the Corner
1940 Β· dir. Ernst Lubitsch
πŸ… 99%β˜… 8comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both built around black and white

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

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The Apartment
1960 Β· dir. Billy Wilder
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.3comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Romantic and tender in the same breath

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

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Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961 Β· dir. Blake Edwards
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· romance Β· drama

The same mix in both: wit, then play

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

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Modern Times
1936 Β· dir. Charlie Chaplin
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8.5comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Contemplative romance, and it commits to that

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

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Two for the Road
1967 Β· dir. Stanley Donen
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.4drama Β· romance Β· comedy

Comedy with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.

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Harold and Maude
1971 Β· dir. Hal Ashby
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Drama built on tenderness, twice over

A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.

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City Lights
1931 Β· dir. Charlie Chaplin
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8.5comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Witty romance in both cases

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1930s show

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

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Annie Hall
1977 Β· dir. Woody Allen
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both trade on play more than on being comedy

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

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La La Land
2016 Β· dir. Damien Chazelle
πŸ… 91%β˜… 8comedy Β· drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: dance

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

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Same Time, Next Year
1978 Β· dir. Robert Mulligan
πŸ… 40%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each yearβ€”in the same hotel roomβ€”and the years pass each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.

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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995 Β· dir. Aditya Chopra
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Romantic romance in both cases

Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancΓ©. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.

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