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Movies that feel like The Man from the Future (2011)

If you loved The Man from the Future, the closest films we have are Barfi! (2012), Ruby Red (2013) and The Mermaid (2016). All three share The Man from the Future's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 3 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Hulu and Artiflix and others, checked against today's data.

Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.

7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Cláudio Torreswittyplayfuldreamlikecerebralromantictender

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Barfi!
2012 · dir. Anurag Basu
🍅 81%8.1drama · romance · comedy

One thread runs through both: romantic

The difference: Missing the dream logic of The Man from the Future

The heartwarming tale of Barfi, a charming deaf-mute young man from 1970s Darjeeling, and two unalike women who can't help but fall for him.

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Ruby Red
2013 · dir. Felix Fuchssteiner
6fantasy · drama · romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: time travel

The difference: Not nearly as witty as The Man from the Future

On her 16th birthday, Gwendolyn Shepherd finds out that instead of her cousin, she has inherited a rare gene that allows her to travel through time.

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The Mermaid
2016 · dir. Stephen Chow
🍅 95%6.2comedy · fantasy · romance

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

When Xuan's real estate project threatens the home of mermaids, Shan is sent to stop him. When they fall in love, he is encouraged to cancel the project. However, he must save them from bigger danger.

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Sapphire Blue
2014 · dir. Felix Fuchssteiner
6.1fantasy · romance · drama

Common ground: time travel

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Man from the Future does

Gwen has just discovered, that she's the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. Now she has to juggle with constant trips to the past, her relationships with Gideon and figuring out dark secrets surrounding the Circle.

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A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · dir. Michael Powell
🍅 97%8romance · fantasy · drama

Both are built on the same subject: witty

The difference: Made in the 1940s, in a different era of the craft

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

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Lulli
2021 · dir. César Rodrigues
4.9comedy · romance · fantasy

The same mix in both: dream logic, then romance

After getting electrocuted by an MRI machine, an ambitious young medical student begins to hear the thoughts of others.

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The Invisible Woman
2009 · dir. Cláudio Torres
6.3comedy

Cláudio Torres directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!

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Safety Not Guaranteed
2012 · dir. Colin Trevorrow
🍅 91%6.9comedy · romance · science fiction

Both land ideas and tenderness at once

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

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Defending Your Life
1991 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 92%7.2romance · fantasy · comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.

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Truly Madly Deeply
1991 · dir. Anthony Minghella
🍅 76%7.2fantasy · drama · comedy

Fantasy built on play, twice over

Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.

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Palm Springs
2020 · dir. Max Barbakow
🍅 95%7.4comedy · romance · science fiction

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

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Obvious Child
2014 · dir. Gillian Robespierre
🍅 90%6.7comedy · romance

Both lean on romance more than on romance

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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