Movies like Difference & Repetition, 2020
If Difference & Repetition, 2020's mix of marriage crisis, philosophy and pregnancy stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Difference & Repetition, 2020's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Malcolm & Marie
2021 · Directed by Sam Levinson · 106 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: love, toxic relationship · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (2020s)
As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.
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Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Directed by Charlie Kaufman · 124 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: philosophy, surreal
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
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Her
2013 · Directed by Spike Jonze · 126 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: love, loneliness · Also romance and drama
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Directed by Michel Gondry · 108 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: love · Also drama and romance
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and…
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · Directed by F. W. Murnau · 94 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: marriage crisis · Also drama and romance
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
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The Crowd
1928 · Directed by King Vidor · 98 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: marriage · Also drama and romance
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous,…
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Brooklyn
2015 · Directed by John Crowley · 111 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: marriage · Also drama and romance
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
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Life Itself
2018 · Directed by Dan Fogelman · 118 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: pregnancy · Also drama and romance
As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
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The Time Traveler's Wife
2009 · Directed by Robert Schwentke · 107 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: love · Also drama and romance
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
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Gone Girl
2014 · Directed by David Fincher · 149 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: marriage crisis, toxic relationship
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
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The Prince of Tides
1991 · Directed by Barbra Streisand · 132 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: marriage crisis · Also drama and romance
A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process.
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The Human Voice
2020 · Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 30 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: loneliness · From the same decade (2020s)
A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.