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Movies that feel likeThe Remains of the Day (1993)

In interwar Britain, a rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a new housekeeper. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

If you loved The Remains of the Day, the closest films we have are Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Age of Innocence (1993) and Happy Together (1997). All three share The Remains of the Day'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 Veer-Zaara (2004).

πŸ… 96% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. James Ivorycontemplativeromantictender
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Sense and Sensibility
1995 Β· dir. Ang Lee
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

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The Age of Innocence
1993 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2drama Β· romancePrime Video

Tender drama in both cases

In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

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Happy Together
1997 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romanceMax

Both lean on stillness more than on romance

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.

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Dil Chahta Hai
2001 Β· dir. Farhan Akhtar
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.1drama Β· romanceNetflix

Drama built on romance, twice over

Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.

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Veer-Zaara
2004 Β· dir. Yash Chopra
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romanceNetflix

Tender romance, and it commits to that

Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.

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Head-On
2004 Β· dir. Fatih Akin
β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

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The Bridges of Madison County
1995 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romance

Romance built on romance, twice over

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

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In the Mood for Love
2000 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8drama Β· romanceMax

Common ground: newspaper

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

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Days of Heaven
1978 Β· dir. Terrence Malick
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance

Both sit in the same tender register

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

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The Woman Next Door
1981 Β· dir. FranΓ§ois Truffaut
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.2drama Β· romance

Drama in the same key

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.

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My Name Is Khan
2010 Β· dir. Karan Johar
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance

Both working the same romance territory

Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.

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Weekend
2011 Β· dir. Andrew Haigh
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romanceRent or buy

The same drama instincts

After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.

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