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Movies that feel like True Romance (1993)

If you loved True Romance, the closest films we have are Fallen Angels (1995), Wheels on Meals (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). All three share True Romance's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

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Fallen Angels
1995 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5action Β· romance Β· crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

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Wheels on Meals
1984 Β· dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
β˜… 7romance Β· action Β· comedy

One thread runs through both: detective

The difference: Sits closer to comedy than True Romance does

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.

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Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 48%β˜… 6.6action Β· comedy Β· crime

The same hand behind both of them: Tony Scott

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpinβ€”and the chase is on.

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Badlands
1974 Β· dir. Terrence Malick
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance Β· crime

Common ground: life on the run

The difference: Not nearly as kinetic as True Romance

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

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Days of Being Wild
1990 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.4crime Β· drama Β· romance

Gritty where it counts, romantic underneath

The difference: Missing the momentum of True Romance

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

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Top Gun
1986 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 57%β˜… 7action Β· drama Β· romance

Both are Tony Scott's work, and they rhyme

For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.

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As Tears Go By
1988 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7drama Β· crime Β· romance

Tender crime, and it commits to that

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

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3-Iron
2004 Β· dir. Kim Ki-duk
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance Β· crime

Both lean on grit more than on romance

A drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy marriage.

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On the Waterfront
1954 Β· dir. Elia Kazan
πŸ… 99%β˜… 8.1crime Β· drama Β· romance

Both are working the same pair: murder, mafia

The difference: 39 years apart, and the 1950s show

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.

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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.4crime Β· thriller Β· action

Action built on momentum, twice over

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

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The Bodyguard
1992 Β· dir. Mick Jackson
πŸ… 38%β˜… 6.4action Β· drama Β· romance

Kinetic action in both cases

A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.

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The Last: Naruto the Movie
2014 Β· dir. Tsuneo Kobayashi
β˜… 7.6action Β· romance Β· animation

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Two years after the events of the Fourth Great Ninja War, the moon that Hagoromo Otsutsuki created long ago to seal away the Gedo Statue begins to descend towards the world, threatening to become a meteor that would destroy everything on impact. Amidst this crisis, a direct descendant of Kaguya Otsutsuki named Toneri Otsutsuki attempts to kidnap Hinata Hyuga but ends up abducting her younger sister Hanabi. Naruto and his allies now mount a rescue mission before finding themselves embroiled in a final battle to decide the fate of everything.

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