
Movies that feel like The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
If you loved The Time Traveler's Wife, the closest films we have are Ruby Red (2013), Sapphire Blue (2014) and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). All three share The Time Traveler's Wife's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
If The Time Traveler's Wife hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: time travel

One thread runs through both: time travel

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still


Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

Both are built on the same subject: husband wife relationship

Common ground in both: time and loving
The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than The Time Traveler's Wife does

Tender where it counts, dreamlike underneath
The difference: Missing the stillness of The Time Traveler's Wife

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Romantic romance in both cases


Both lean on tenderness more than on fantasy
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