Movies like Before Sunset
If Before Sunset's mix of journalist, talking and soulmates stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Before Sunset's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Notebook
2004 · Directed by Nick Cassavetes · 123 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: soulmates, love of one's life, romantic · Also romance and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is…
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The Bridges of Madison County
1995 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 135 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: love of one's life, romantic · Also drama and romance
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
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Love at First Sight
2023 · Directed by Vanessa Caswill · 91 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: romantic, cliché · Also romance and drama
Hadley and Oliver begin falling in love on a flight from New York to London, but when they lose each other at customs, can they defy all odds to reunite?
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 · Directed by Woody Allen · 96 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: author, romantic · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (2000s)
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
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Iris
2001 · Directed by Richard Eyre · 91 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: love of one's life, author · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (2000s)
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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Moulin Rouge!
2001 · Directed by Baz Luhrmann · 128 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: romantic · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (2000s)
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century.
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One Day
2011 · Directed by Lone Scherfig · 107 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: author · Also drama and romance
After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.
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Life Is Beautiful
1997 · Directed by Roberto Benigni · 116 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: bookshop, love of one's life
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp…
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Phantom Thread
2017 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 130 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: romantic · Also drama and romance
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
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The Way We Were
1973 · Directed by Sydney Pollack · 118 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: romantic · Also drama and romance
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their…
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Rebel in the Rye
2017 · Directed by Danny Strong · 106 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: author · Also drama and romance
The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.
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Colette
2018 · Directed by Wash Westmoreland · 112 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: author
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris.