
Movies that feel like Shakespeare in Love (1998)
If you loved Shakespeare in Love, the closest films we have are Rang De Basanti (2006), Hitch (2005) and Barfi! (2012). All three share Shakespeare in Love's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.
If Shakespeare in Love hit the spot, these will too

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

Common ground: romantic
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

One thread runs through both: romantic
The difference: Missing the scale of Shakespeare in Love

Witty and playful in the same breath

Romance built on stillness, twice over

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

London shapes both of them

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: 16th century

Both lean on wit more than on history

Playful romance in both cases

Comedy built on stillness, twice over
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