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Movies that feel like Volver (2006)

If you loved Volver, the closest films we have are Talk to Her (2002), All About My Mother (1999) and Jab We Met (2007). All three share Volver's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Chai Flicks and others, checked against today's data.

Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.

🍅 91% Rotten Tomatoes7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Pedro Almodóvarwittyplayfulcontemplativeromantictender

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Talk to Her
2002 · dir. Pedro Almodóvar
🍅 91%7.9drama · romance

Pedro Almodóvar directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Missing the wit of Volver

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

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All About My Mother
1999 · dir. Pedro Almodóvar
🍅 98%7.8comedy · drama

Both are Pedro Almodóvar's work, and they rhyme

The difference: None of the romance Volver is built on

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

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Jab We Met
2007 · dir. Imtiaz Ali
🍅 100%7.9drama · comedy · romance

Witty and playful in the same breath

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

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Love Me If You Dare
2003 · dir. Yann Samuell
🍅 45%7.5drama · comedy · romance

Both land stillness and romance at once

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.

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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
2006 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 92%6.9drama · comedy · romance

Tender comedy in both cases

Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.

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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2008 · dir. Aditya Chopra
🍅 78%7.2comedy · drama · romance

Drama with a pulse of wit, in both cases

A boring, reserved husband secretly becomes a lively, confident stranger to woo his own unaware wife only to make her fall head over heels for his dashing alter ego.

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Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 · dir. Nikkhil Advani
🍅 75%7.9comedy · drama · romance

Both lean on play more than on romance

An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.

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Away We Go
2009 · dir. Sam Mendes
🍅 67%7drama · comedy · romance

Comedy built on stillness, twice over

Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.

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My Sassy Girl
2001 · dir. Kwak Jae-yong
7.9drama · comedy · romance

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

A young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.

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Beginners
2011 · dir. Mike Mills
🍅 86%7.2drama · romance · comedy

Tender romance, and it commits to that

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.

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The Girl on the Bridge
1999 · dir. Patrice Leconte
🍅 88%7.5drama · comedy · romance

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.

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Late Marriage
2001 · dir. Dover Koshashvili
🍅 88%7.1comedy · drama · romance

Playful drama in both cases

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

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