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Movies that feel like The Best of Me (2014)

If you loved The Best of Me, the closest films we have are I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018), Water for Elephants (2011) and The Longest Ride (2015). All three share The Best of Me's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

πŸ… 12% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Michael Hoffmancontemplativeromantictender

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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2018 Β· dir. Shinichiro Ushijima
β˜… 8.1animation Β· drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: tragedy

The difference: Sits closer to animation than The Best of Me does

After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

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Water for Elephants
2011 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.9drama Β· romance

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

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The Longest Ride
2015 Β· dir. George Tillman Jr.
πŸ… 31%β˜… 7drama Β· romance

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.

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Burning Betrayal
2023 Β· dir. Diego Freitas
β˜… 4.2drama Β· mystery Β· romance

Contemplative romance, and it commits to that

Babi discovers a betrayal by her long-term partner and decides to embark on a new adventure in life. On this journey, she meets judge Marco and they begin to live a story permeated by a lot of sexual tension.

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

Drama built on romance, twice over

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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Eat Pray Love
2010 Β· dir. Ryan Murphy
πŸ… 34%β˜… 5.9drama Β· romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on romance

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

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Your Fault
2024 Β· dir. Domingo GonzΓ‘lez
πŸ… 20%β˜… 5.3drama Β· romance

Contemplative drama in both cases

The love between Noah and Nick seems unwavering despite their parents' attempts to separate them. But his job and her entry into college open up their lives to new relationships that will shake the foundations of both their relationship and the Leister family itself.

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Carol
2015 Β· dir. Todd Haynes
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3romance Β· drama

Romantic romance, and it commits to that

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

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One Day
2011 Β· dir. Lone Scherfig
πŸ… 36%β˜… 7drama Β· romance

The shared currency is tenderness

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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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
2012 Β· dir. Yash Chopra
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.7drama Β· romance

Both working the same drama territory

Samar Anand, a London-based struggling musician falls in love with Meera Thappar. After a severe accident, a panicked Meera promises God to leave Samar if he lives. Heartbroken, Samar leaves for India to become a fearless bomb disposal expert in the army.

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

Romance in the same key

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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Last Tango in Paris
1972 Β· dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.8drama Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: tragedy

The difference: 42 years apart, and the 1970s show

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

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