
Movies that feel likeRomeo + Juliet (1996)
If you loved Romeo + Juliet, the closest films we have are Moulin Rouge! (2001), Closer (2004) and Five Feet Apart (2019). All three share Romeo + Juliet'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 Hustler (1961).
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If Romeo + Juliet hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: Baz Luhrmann
The difference: Sits closer to music than Romeo + Juliet does

Both are built on the same subject: forbidden love

The same preoccupation in both: star crossed lovers
The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2010s show

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

The same mix in both: tenderness, then melancholy
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Romantic romance, and it commits to that

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

One thread runs through both: suicide
The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Romeo + Juliet does

Baz Luhrmann working the same nerve twice
The difference: Easier on the melancholy than Romeo + Juliet

Melancholy romance in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: suicide
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