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The Way We Were (1973) is a romance movie directed by Sydney Pollack. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

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  1. The Notebook

    1. The Notebook (2004)

    ★ 7.9 · 12,960 votes · Romance, Drama

    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 then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

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  2. Allied

    2. Allied (2016)

    ★ 6.8 · 4,913 votes · Action, Drama, War

    In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

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  3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

    ★ 7.6 · 14,134 votes · Drama, Fantasy, Romance

    Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

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  4. Love Story

    4. Love Story (1970)

    ★ 6.8 · 763 votes · Romance, Drama

    Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail.

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  5. The Choice

    5. The Choice (2016)

    ★ 7.2 · 1,995 votes · Drama, Romance

    Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.

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  6. The Best of Me

    6. The Best of Me (2014)

    ★ 7.5 · 2,762 votes · Drama, Romance

    A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

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  7. Me Before You

    7. Me Before You (2016)

    ★ 7.9 · 13,659 votes · Drama, Romance

    Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor. Wheelchair-bound from an accident two years prior, the once adventurous Will has all but given up — that is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living.

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  8. Our Souls at Night

    8. Our Souls at Night (2017)

    ★ 6.7 · 480 votes · Romance, Drama

    Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.

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